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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09RIYADH651IDEOLOGICAL AND OWNERSHIP TRENDS IN THE SAUDI MEDIA
[...] (S) Summary: The Saudi regulatory system offers the al-Saud regime a means to manipulate the nation's print media to promote its own agenda without exercising day-to-day oversight over journalists, and Saudi journalists are free to write what they wish provided they do not criticize the ruling fami [...]
2009-05-11 10:50:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PTER ECON KISL SA
09RIYADH653SAG FLEXES MUSCLES TO ENSURE GCC CENTRAL BANK IN
[...] (U) Key points: -- (U) The GCC announced on May 5 that the GCC monetary council, a precursor to a GCC central bank, would be located in Riyadh and would start operating by the end of 2009. -- (SBU) Embassy contacts disagree as to the reason for locating the council in Riyadh as opposed to [...]
2009-05-11 14:33:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PREL ETRD GCC SA
09RIYADH659First U.S.-Saudi Joint Commission Meeting on Science and
[...] SUMMARY: Delegates from U.S. and Saudi technical agencies met in Riyadh May 11-12, 2009, to attend the first Joint Commission Meeting under the auspices of the United States-Saudi Arabia Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation, signed in December, 2008. The primary result of this me [...]
2009-05-13 14:27:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TSPL KTIA KSCA ECON SA
09RIYADH670SPECIAL ADVISOR HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH SAUDI
[...] KEY POINTS: -- (C) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met in Riyadh May 16 with HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (MbN),Saudi Assistant Minister of the Interior. -- (C) Holbrooke emphasized that Afghanistan and Pakistan should be treated as a closely inter-related problem. He stressed U.S. desire fo [...]
2009-05-17 16:06:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF PK SA YM
09RIYADH678REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ/VIABILITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 16:48:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PREL ECON SA IZ IR GCC
09RIYADH695RIYADH EAC MAY 17, 2009 - DETAINEE PHOTOGRAPHS -
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In accordance with the RefTel A the Embassy in Riyadh and Consulates General in Dhahran and Jeddah reviewed the impact of the President's decision not to release detainee photographs. There has not been any impact on the three diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia as a result of [...]
2009-05-20 16:03:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PREL PTER SA
09RIYADH699REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ/VIABILITY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy answers to questions posed in ref A are listed below. In general terms, the Saudis have strained relations with Iraq, continue to drag their feet in sending an Ambassador or forgiving Iraqi debt for reasons outlined below. They are not likely to welcome new regional mech [...]
2009-05-24 07:27:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SA IZ IR GCC
09RIYADH702INTERIOR MINISTRY BRIEFS SPECIAL ADVISOR HOLBROOKE
[...] KEY POINTS: -- (SBU) Special Advisor Ambassador Richard Holbrooke was briefed on Saudi counterterrorism efforts at a May 16 meeting with Interior Ministry officials at the Security Forces officers Club in Riyadh. At the same meeting Holbrooke received a second briefing on Saudi terrorist f [...]
2009-05-24 14:05:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SA
09RIYADH709DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INCREASING TRANSPARENCY IN EXPORT
[...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche May 26 to Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry for Foreign Trade Mr. Abdullah Abdulrahman Al-Hamoudi with Japanese DCM Fumio Iwai and Taiwanese Economic Division Director Yan Hsing Yin. Hamoudi said that in general the Saudi government welcomed enhancemen [...]
2009-05-26 14:18:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD SA
09RIYADH71GRASSROOTS BOYCOTT OF AMERICAN GOODS GAINING
[...] (SBU) -- A grassroots campaign to boycott U.S. goods and franchises, with the notable exception of automobiles and hotels, is gaining ground in the Kingdom. -- This campaign is bolstered by endorsements from local and foreign Islamic scholars. -- Comment: This campaign is broader than sim [...]
2009-01-12 14:37:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON EFIN KWBG KBCT KPAL SA IS
09RIYADH713FOOD SECURITY, AGRICULTURE GETTING SPOTLIGHT IN
[...] Key points: -- (U) Saudi Arabia is increasingly looking for agriculture investment opportunities abroad, mostly in Africa. -- (U) The creation of a state-owned agriculture investment company, the Saudi Company for Agricultural Investment and Animal Production, was announced last month, tho [...]
2009-05-27 13:05:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV PREL SA
09RIYADH716SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY BRIEFS SPECIAL ADVISOR
[...] Key points: -- (SBU) Special Advisor Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Treasury DAS Glaser were briefed on Saudi terror finance efforts at a May 16 meeting with Interior Ministry (MOI) officials at the Security Forces Officers Club in Riyadh. Holbrooke also received a briefing on Saudi counter [...]
2009-05-29 11:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN AF PK SA
09RIYADH730IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI "SURPRISED" BY AL-MALIKI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ghanam al-Jumaili told Embassy Riyadh's Charg May 30 that he was "surprised" by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's public comments regarding the Saudis. He felt he had made good progress in the past few weeks improving Baghdad-Riyadh relations [...]
2009-05-31 16:43:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETIZ PREL PTER SA
09RIYADH748LEBANON: EX-SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON THINKS
[...] (S) Former Saudi ambassador to Lebanon and current Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Al-Khoja told Ambassador in a June 7 meeting that he and other Saudi leaders expect the March 14 coalition to "eke" out a victory in the June 7 Lebanese parliamentary elections. The minister said [...]
2009-06-07 14:50:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09RIYADH754Saudi Monarch to Obama: Enforce Palestinian solution if
[...] On June 7, the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat published a front-page article detailing Saudi King Abdullah's comments to visiting US President Obama during meetings held in Riyadh June 3, as relayed to the paper by "well-informed sources." 2. The article, under the headline "The King to Obama: Arab [...]
2009-06-08 08:49:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL SA
09RIYADH761H1N1: SAUDI HEALTH MINISTRY ACTS EXPEDITIOUSLY IN FIRST
[...] (SBU) Key Points and Action Request: -- The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed two cases of H1N1, both involving persons who contracted the disease abroad. -- MOH will adhere to WHO guidelines and has imposed neither travel nor import restrictions. -- MOH is gearing up for the Hajj/U [...]
2009-06-09 08:16:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH788SAUDI ADVISOR ON THE IMF, DOLLAR PEG
[...] (U) Key points: -- (C/NF) According to a key Post contact, quiet, behind-the-scenes diplomacy will be most effective in convincing the Saudis to make greater contributions to the IMF. -- (C/NF) The SAG is supporting, and will continue to support, the dollar, but could have to re-think thi [...]
2009-06-14 13:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH789PRO-ACTIVE DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE AND
[...] (SBU) The June 9 edition of the Saudi Gazette reported that Minister of Culture and Information, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Khoja, appointed Deputy Minister Abdulrama Bin Abdulaziz Al-Hazzaa as the official spokesman of the Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI). A Microsoft representative who met [...]
2009-06-15 06:07:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL KIPR SA
09RIYADH793NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION: MODERN
[...] (C) In a June 7 meeting with the Charge, the new Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja believes the Kingdom cannot avoid the reach of modern technology. A "wise but strong" approach is needed to reconcile traditional values with modernity and protect women's rights. Khoja prom [...]
2009-06-15 13:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL KIPR SA
09RIYADH795YEMENI AMBASSADOR ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES AND JUNE
[...] (S) According to Yemeni Ambassador Al-Ahwal, President Saleh, during his late May meeting with King Abdullah in Riyadh, while professing to prefer that Yemeni Guantanamo detainees be returned to Yemen, said Yemen "wouldn't mind" if another country accepted them due to Yemen's lack of resourc [...]
2009-06-15 14:48:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PTER SA YE
09RIYADH798KING'S SON-IN-LAW TAKES CONTROL OF SAUDI MINISTRY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: His Highness Prince Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed (bin Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Faisal bin Turki, see para. 9),King Abdullah's son-in-law and recently appointed Minister of Education, assured Charge and Public Affairs Counselor in a recent meeting of King Abdullah's firm commi [...]
2009-06-16 08:45:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL SA
09RIYADH799SAUDI RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: TAIF CHRISTIANS UNHINDERED
[...] (C) TAIF CHRISTIANS FREE TO WORSHIP In two separate meetings on June 9 and 14, Embassy Indian Christian contacts confirmed that the 14 Taif Christians threatened with deportation in July/August 2008 have been left alone by the Saudi government (Reftel A, B and C). Advised by fellow Christia [...]
2009-06-16 11:07:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA SOCI KIRF
09RIYADH80THE DILEMMA OF HADI AL-MUTIF
[...] (C) Hadi al-Mutif's blasphemy conviction was reportedly based on an accusation he told a joke that insulted the Prophet Mohammed. Blasphemy is a capital offense under Saudi Islamic law (Shari'ah). 2. (C) Sources inform Post that al-Mutif has been held in a type of "limited" solitary confin [...]
2009-01-13 14:37:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH800SAUDI ARABIA H1N1 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) On June 14, the Ministry of Health (MOH) spokesman Dr. Khalid Al-Mirghalani confirmed a total of 14 cases of H1N1 since June 3, and new cases are being reported steadily. The Ministry identified infected persons via thermal screening at airports in Jeddah, Dammam, Medina, and Riyadh, an [...]
2009-06-16 14:06:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH804DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT
[...] Pol/Mil Counselor delivered points in reftel on June 15, 2009 to Ambassador Adnan Baghdadi, Counselor in the MFA International Organization Department. 2. Amb. Baghdadi expressed appreciation for the information about the proposed international piracy tribunal and on the USG position opposi [...]
2009-06-17 14:26:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PREL SA
09RIYADH807SAUDIS OFFICIALLY IGNORE & SAUDI MEDIA CONDEMNS
[...] (C) To date there has been no official Saudi Government public comment on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's June 14 speech, outlining Israeli policy towards possible peace with the Palestinians. The lack of public comment is consistent with Charge's June 13 meeting with Foreign Mini [...]
2009-06-17 14:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL SA IS
09RIYADH81SAUDI GOVERNMENT STAYS A STEP AHEAD OF PUBLIC
[...] (C) SILENT PRAYERS: The League of Muslim Scholars, a respected group of regional religious figures, declared Friday, January 9 the "Gaza Day of Anger." As a result, worshippers attended Friday prayers expecting messages about Gaza. Instead, they heard sermons addressing other themes, with Ga [...]
2009-01-13 14:37:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALIS KU PGOV PREL SA
09RIYADH817NAIF CONFIRMS UAE BORDER DELAYS CAUSED BY NEW
[...] (SBU) In recent comments to the media, Interior Minister Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz confirmed the recent delays at the Saudi - UAE land border crossings at Al-Batha and Al-Ghuwaifat were due to the recently-imposed requirement that all first-time entrants to the Kingdom be fingerprinted (see r [...]
2009-06-21 10:29:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL SA AE
09RIYADH82SAUDIS MAKE SECOND REQUEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (U) The Saudi Arabian Government has for the second time requested Presidential pardons for three Saudi nationals currently imprisoned in the U.S. via a diplomatic note received by the Embassy on January 11, 2009. An Embassy translation of this note follows. The original will be e-mailed to [...]
2009-01-13 14:41:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KJUS OPDC PGOV PREL SA
09RIYADH822DRL-IRF OFFICER FINDS GREATER TOLERANCE BUT NO
[...] (C) DRL/IRF Officer Abdelnour Zaiback visited Riyadh on May 5 for meetings to discuss religious freedom in Saudi Arabia. The Filipino Ambassador stated that economic incentives and the prospect of lenient legal treatment encourage Filipino expat workers to convert to Islam. A Sunni religiou [...]
2009-06-21 13:25:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM SCUL SA
09RIYADH823 FEMALE MUTAWWA'IN IN SAUDI ARABIA?
[...] (SBU) In May 2009, the Shura Council approved a bill to allow the religious police to hire women. The bill, which would need to be approved by the Council of Ministers and King to become law, has provoked intense controversy and mostly negative public opinion. It is not likely to be approved [...]
2009-06-21 15:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SA SOCI KWMN
09RIYADH824SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DECRIES STATUS OF
[...] (C) Saudi human rights activist Ibrahim Mugaiteeb told Poloff that the Kingdom's most pressing human rights issues were the status of women and the deteriorating situation of the Shi'a. Founder of Human Rights First Society, Mugaiteeb urged the USG to press the SAG to recognize non-government [...]
2009-06-21 16:08:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA SOCI KWMN
09RIYADH828TREASURY DAS PRESSES TERROR FINANCE COOPERATION IN
[...] (S) Summary: On 16-17 May 2009, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser visited Riyadh to advance counter terror finance cooperation with Saudi government and private sector officials. DAS Glaser explored developments pertaining to the Saudi charities commission, encouraged an act [...]
2009-06-22 13:20:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON EINV EFIN KTFN SA
09RIYADH829EX-IM SIGNS LANDMARK DEAL IN SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (U) On June 22, U.S. Export-Import Bank Board of Directors member Bijan R. Kian signed the final documents for the financing of $912 million for the sale of 23 General Electric (GE) turbines to the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). SEC will use the turbines to deliver power to Riyadh and the c [...]
2009-06-22 15:27:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON EFIN ENRG SA
09RIYADH83DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE SAYS "LET'S WORK
[...] (C) Econcouns and Econoff met with Ministry of Culture and Information (MOCI) Deputy Minister Abdul Rahman Al-Hazzaa and MOCI Director General of Copyrights Obaidallah Obaidallah in their offices on January 11th to discuss ongoing efforts to combat intellectual property rights (IPR) violations. [...]
2009-01-13 14:49:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
09RIYADH830NEXT STEPS TO USE THE GSA ANNEX AS OFFICES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Requested: Embassy plans to renovate a building in the GSO Annex for use as office space for the Office of Program Management-Ministry of the Interior (OPM-MOI). The Saudi Arabian Ministry of the Interior (MOI) is prepared to fund this project. Embassy requests a cos [...]
2009-06-23 04:56:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ABLD ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS SA
09RIYADH836SAUDIS URGE PUBLIC RESTRAINT ON IRAN
[...] (C) The Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister commended President Obama's "wise policy" on Iran and urged continued restraint to avoid playing into the regime's attempts to cast the opposition as pawns of the West. Ahmadinejad would likely survive but would be severely weakened by this unprecedented [...]
2009-06-24 15:53:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL SA IR UAE UK
09RIYADH837SAUDI ARABIA H1N1 UPDATE: 48 CASES, NO TRAVEL
[...] (SBU) On June 23, the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 45 cases of H1N1 in Saudi Arabia since June 3, and on June 25 the Arab News reported three additional cases. The Ministry has reported no fatalities to date, and 17 of the H1N1 patients have been released from the hospital. Several pat [...]
2009-06-25 06:09:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH839U.S.-SAUDI INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION PARTNERSHIP:
[...] (C) On June 24, Ambassador Erdman and Ministry of Interior Assistant Minister for Security Affairs HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (MBN) signed the Project Specific Agreement (PSA) establishing the Office of Program Management ) Facilities Security Force (OPM-FSF) and providing initial fundi [...]
2009-06-25 10:43:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SA
09RIYADH843CHARGE,S JUNE 24 MEETING WITH MFA DEPUTY MINISTER
[...] (C) In a June 24 meeting with the Charge, MFA Deputy Minister for Bilateral Affairs Jindan confirmed that improving Saudi-Syrian relations were being driven by Syria's improved behavior toward Lebanon and Hamas and by Saudi Arabia's strategic interest in pulling Syria away from Iran and draw [...]
2009-06-27 04:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE IR IS SA
09RIYADH857SAUDI FOLLOW-UP ON TOKYO PLEDGE
[...] (SBU) On June 29, EconCouns had an opportunity to speak briefly with Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Managing Director and Vice Chairman Yousef Al-Bassam regarding Saudi Arabia's follow-up on its pledge at the April 17 Tokyo Donors' Conference. 2. (SBU) Al-Bassam said that Saudi Arabia had [...]
2009-06-30 12:25:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PK SA
09RIYADH859SAG PROVIDES ACCOUNT OF PA BUDGET ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) In response to ref A, the SAG provided a non-paper describing their budget assistance to the Palestinian Authority over the past seven years. The text of the non-paper follows: Saudi Arabia's Assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian People (2002 - 2009) PA Budget [...]
2009-06-30 12:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL KWBG SA IZ
09RIYADH860DEPUTY MINISTER NOURA AL-FAIZ: AMBITIONS,
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Stinging media criticism of Noura Al-Faiz, Deputy Minister for Girls' Education, reflects the anxieties of Saudis -- especially women -- whose hopes were raised by Ms. Faiz's Valentine's Day appointment as the first Saudi female at Deputy Minister rank. Her ongoing [...]
2009-06-30 13:49:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL SCUL KWMN KISL KMPI SA
09RIYADH871SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: 81 CASES, CDC VISITORS ADVISE
[...] (SBU) On June 30, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that the number of confirmed cases of H1N1 in Saudi Arabia since June 3 has risen to 81. There have been no known H1N1 fatalities to date in the country, and 39 H1N1 patients had been released from hospitals as of June 24. Several patie [...]
2009-07-01 14:23:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH875SAUDI WOMEN'S MOVEMENT TAKING PRAGMATIC NEW
[...] (U) Saudi activists have recently launched a campaign calling for substantial improvements in women's rights in 27 areas including gaining independent legal identities equal to those of men and improved educational and economic opportunities. Activists are currently canvassing support throug [...]
2009-07-02 17:25:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SA KWMN
09RIYADH879DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the July 8-9 International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) meeting to Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Director General of International Affairs Fareed Khashoggi. Khashoggi said his Ministry is not sending a dele [...]
2009-07-05 09:18:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA SA
09RIYADH887AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH "ENLIGHTENED CONSERVATIVE"
[...] (SBU) Over a June 24 dinner at his spacious, extended-family compound, a religious academic and several of his colleagues from Imam University - the most prestigious Islamic University in Saudi Arabia and once a breeding ground for extremist religious thought - engaged Ambassador and Embassy of [...]
2009-07-06 09:34:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL SA
09RIYADH888EMBASSY RIYADH'S EXPANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH IMAM MOHAMMAD
[...] (SBU) Programming in Saudi Arabia can be an exercise in frustration, but paradoxically, as some doors shut, others seem to open wider. One prime example is the deepening Embassy relationship with the once-ultraconservative Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University, and its increasing willingnes [...]
2009-07-06 12:01:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL SA
09RIYADH893PRINCE WALEED BIN TALAL ON BUSINESS AND SOCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) on June 28, Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal expounded on his business philosophy and belief in social reform in the Kingdom. Al-Waleed believes in investing for the long-term. He claimed his royal lineage is more a handicap th [...]
2009-07-07 10:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV SA
09RIYADH895CHINESE DUMPING PROBE OUTRAGES SAUDIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Saudis responded sharply July 4 after Beijing began a dumping probe on two of the Kingdom's petrochemical products. Newspapers published unusually critical statements, probably in part to signal the displeasure of government and industry leaders to the PRC. A Saudi Deputy Min [...]
2009-07-07 14:01:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ENRG WTO SA
09RIYADH896SAUDI KING WILL TRAVEL TO DAMASCUS WHEN HARIRI IS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Saudi Information Minister Khoja confirmed to Charge that King Abdullah's planned July 6 visit to Damascus had been postponed to allow Saad Hariri the time he needed to form an inclusive government that did not giv [...]
2009-07-07 17:28:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09RIYADH899ADVANCING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN A FUNDAMENTALIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Advocating women,s rights in Saudi Arabia is a difficult task under the best of circumstances. In Qassim Province north of Riyadh, deep in the Kingdom,s conservative Nejd heartland, it can be life-threatening. Despite the many obstacles, a courageous and assertive Princess, Noura [...]
2009-07-08 09:35:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL KWMN SA
09RIYADH901SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: HEALTH MINISTER DISCUSSES HAJJ
[...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires Ambassador Erdman met with Health Minister Dr. Abdullah al-Rabeeah on July 8 to discuss Saudi healthcare issues including H1N1 preparation for the upcoming Hajj. Rabeeah noted that the Ministry's plan follows the 15 recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and [...]
2009-07-08 15:06:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH902SAUDI TERROR TRIAL CONVICTIONS
[...] The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) released a statement from the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution regarding the verdicts in the terrorism trials for accused Al-Qaida militants. The SPA statement follows below: June 8, 2009: Sheikh Abdullah Al-Sa'daan, official spokesperson for the S [...]
2009-07-08 17:02:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PINR SA
09RIYADH903SAUDI OPEC GOVERNOR PROVIDES CODEL TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) met OPEC governor for Saudi Arabia Dr. Majid Al-Moneef with DCM June 29. Moneef provided an unusually detailed tour d'horizon of his views on the oil business and OPEC. He expressed satisfaction that the price of oil was moving back [...]
2009-07-10 13:52:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL OVIP OPEC SA
09RIYADH910SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S JULY
[...] (S) Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to the Kingdom. While it's not exactly magical, it is unique and it is important. Unique because it's the only country in the world that is named after the ruling family and where almost all the senior government positions are filled by either brothers o [...]
2009-07-12 09:12:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON PREL EAID EFIN EINV KTFN PINR OVIP SA
09RIYADH911SAUDI EDITOR LAMENTS MUSLIM INSENSITIVITY TO
[...] (C) Over breakfast on June 28, Al-Watan Editor-in-Chief Jamal Khashoggi argued to Charge that the influence of the Saudi religious establishment was declining, though this didn't necessarily translate into support for secularization. He attributed intensified religious observance in Saudi Arab [...]
2009-07-12 15:34:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SA
09RIYADH913SAUDI TERROR TRIALS A "WIN" AGAINST TERRORISM AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 09:28:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PTER SA
09RIYADH914EX-IM BANK DISCUSSES $2 BILLION ARAMCO FACILITY, U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Export-Import Bank Director Bijan Kian visited Dhahran June 25-28 to meet with business leaders in the Eastern Province. Kian discussed next steps towards signing a $2 billion facility with Saudi Aramco and explored other export opportunities for U.S. goods and services in [...]
2009-07-13 10:03:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET SOCI SA
09RIYADH916THE SAUDI SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 14:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EFIN PGOV SA
09RIYADH921SAUDI TERROR TRIALS A "WIN" AGAINST TERRORISM AND
[...] (C) On June 8, Saudi Arabia,s special criminal court convicted 330 terror suspects in 179 cases on charges of involvement with Al-Qaeda and "posing a threat to national security." Sentences imposed by the court ranged from house arrest and travel bans to financial penalties and prison terms, [...]
2009-07-14 12:17:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER SA
09RIYADH922SAUDIS CONTINUE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PUSH
[...] (U) As part its "War of Ideas" campaign to combat extremism and in the context of its overall reform programs, the SAG continued its campaign to promote national dialogue and tolerance through a 3-day forum for cultural dialogue trainers. In a keynote address, Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti call [...]
2009-07-15 08:38:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SA
09RIYADH924GCC SECRETARIAT PEACEFUL NUCLEAR ENERGY ACTIVITY
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 8. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has begun a planning effort for the development of nuclear industry in GCC countries, and recently announced its goal to build a regional nuclear power plant by 2015. The GCC has approached U. [...]
2009-07-15 12:30:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKNUC PREL SA
09RIYADH928MOJ OFFERS MORE DETAILS ON SAUDI TERROR TRIALS
[...] (U) In a July 13 press conference, a Saudi Justice Ministry spokesperson confirmed that additional terror trials were underway, without specifying numbers. Of the recent 330 verdicts, 323 were found guilty, while 7 were acquitted; 289 of the defendants were Saudi. The spokesperson also disc [...]
2009-07-15 15:51:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SA
09RIYADH929SAUDI MINISTER OF HEALTH ON H1N1, OTHER HEALTH
[...] (SBU) Saudi Minister of Health Abdullah Rabeeah briefed Charge July 8 on his Ministry's priorities, including preparations for the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage season. Rabeeah requested Embassy assistance delivering a letter to the Centers for Disease Control regarding the distribution of H1N1 tes [...]
2009-07-15 16:08:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA
09RIYADH933H1N1 UPDATE: 232 CASES, OUTBREAKS IN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced July 14 that the number of confirmed cases of H1N1 in Saudi Arabia since June 3 has risen to 232. There have been no known H1N1 fatalities to date and 90 percent of those infected reportedly have recovered fully. The Ministry of Education, at the [...]
2009-07-18 04:39:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC AMGT SA
09RIYADH935GCC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS DOWN UNDER: STICKING POINTS
[...] (C) At a diplomatic roundtable on free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),the Australian and New Zealand DCMs expressed fatigue and frustration with their respective experiences. The New Zealand DCM said his government is prepared to pull out after the [...]
2009-07-18 07:10:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALETRD ECIN PREL GCC SA AS NZ JA
09RIYADH947SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' JULY
[...] (C) General Petraeus, Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you back to the Kingdom. Since your last visit just after the U.S. presidential election we have heard Saudi officials from King Abdullah on down expressing hope and expectation that we are moving toward a more consultative and productive pa [...]
2009-07-20 05:06:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PREL PINR OVIP SA
09RIYADH949SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY KENNEDY'S JULY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to the Kingdom. Saudi Arabia remains an important strategic U.S. ally by virtue of its energy resources, geographic location, counterterrorism role, and leadership within the Muslim world. The Al Saud see the United States as their most important strat [...]
2009-07-20 08:16:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ABLD ASEC CMGT CVIS CASC ECON PREL SA
09RIYADH958CONOCOPHILLIPS ON PLANNED YANBU REFINERY, SAUDI
[...] (C) ConocoPhillips President for the Middle East and North Africa Nick Spencer told DCM July 12 his company is committed to building the planned 400K barrel/day oil refinery in Yanbu with Saudi Aramco, with construction to begin next year and first production in 2014. Spencer said the Saudi in [...]
2009-07-22 07:23:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EPET PGOV SA
09RIYADH959SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: UMRAH RETURNEE DIES IN EGYPT,
[...] (SBU) The number of H1N1 cases in the Kingdom has risen to 294, and the first fatality was reported on July 19. An Umrah pilgrim with a pre-existing heart ailment died of H1N1 reportedly after becoming ill while on Umrah pilgrimage in the Kingdom. The patient, a 25 year old Egyptian woman, r [...]
2009-07-22 15:07:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA
09RIYADH962SAUDI MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS MADANI
[...] (C) During a July 20 meeting Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nizar Madani accepted Charge's congratulations on his appointment by the King to another 4-year term; praised President Obama's efforts on the Middle East and the recent meeting with the Quartet in Trieste; and focused o [...]
2009-07-25 09:01:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SA SY LE AF PK IR XF
09RIYADH963COUNTDOWN TO FATAH 6TH PARTY CONGRESS
[...] (S) Reftel instructed Post to seek Saudi government perspectives on the upcoming Fatah 6th Party Congress. 2. (S) Charge raised the issue in a July 20 meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nizar Madani (ref B),and Poloffs discussed the matter separately with MFA Head of Pa [...]
2009-07-26 04:53:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGPV KPAL PTER IS SA
09RIYADH974DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAUDI TIP ACTION PLAN
[...] (SBU) DCM hand-delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) 2009 Tier 3 Short-Term Action Plan (reftel) to Vice Minister of Labor Dr. Abdulwahed Al-Humaid July 26. Humaid said Saudi Arabia takes trafficking issues seriously, and the United States should revisit the Tier 3 ranking in light of rec [...]
2009-07-28 14:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KTIP PREL SA
09RIYADH976MORE ON FINANCIAL TROUBLE AT GOSAIBI AND SAAD
[...] (C) Summary: Saud Al-Gosaibi (strictly protect),chairman of the Ahmad Hamad Al-Gosaibi and Brothers Co (AH Al-Gosaibi),told Econoff that a court in the Cayman Islands decided July 24 to freeze 9.2 billion dollars of Maan Al-Sanea's assets. Saud hopes this ruling will put pressure on the Sa [...]
2009-07-29 06:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PINR PGOV CJ SA
09RIYADH979SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: FIRST DEATH, ARAB HEALTH
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health reported Saudi Arabia's first H1N1 death July 27. Saleh Al-Shehri, a 30 year old Saudi man, died in Dammam reportedly after contracting H1N1 from an infected individual he had been visiting frequently. Al-Shehri's family accused the private hospital of negligence [...]
2009-07-29 13:44:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA
09RIYADH982DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Rahman Al-Hazza told EconCouns that he wants to develop an action plan for intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement and awareness with input and sponsorship from the private sector. Hazza hopes to conclude and publish the [...]
2009-07-29 13:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
09RIYADH984SAUDI ARABIA MOVING TO IMPLEMENT NEW HUMAN
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, see paragraphs 7.B.1 and 7.G.1. SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Responding to demarche on the TIP Action Plan for Saudi Arabia, an MFA official described recently enacted comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation. Further, the Saudi Council of Ministers al [...]
2009-07-30 11:07:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH985TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER MEETS WITH SAUDI
[...] (S) Summary: On July 14, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al Assaf in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. They discussed issues of mutual interest, including recovery of the global economy, the riyal-dollar peg, illicit finance, cooperation at the G-20 and IMF, an [...]
2009-07-30 12:09:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA
09RIYADH986TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER MEETS WITH KING
[...] (S) Summary: On July 14, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner visited Saudi Arabia and met with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Yanbu, discussing a broad range of topics including commitment to the dollar, the global economic crisis, illicit finance, Israel-Palestine issues, and the G-2 [...]
2009-07-30 12:10:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA
09RIYADH987JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY HOSTS
[...] (U) Summary: In his July 14 visit to Saudi Arabia, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner led a roundtable discussion and delivered a speech at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI). He discussed the economic downturn and measures taken to stem the crisis, sharing his outlook for t [...]
2009-07-30 12:11:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV PREL KTFN KWBG SA
09ROME1404GOI WILL REVIEW USG UNSCR 1267 CO-SPONSORSHIP
[...] (S) Summary. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will submit to the appropriate agencies for review, the USG request to co-sponsor for designation under UNSCR 1267, Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and its leaders, Nasir al-Wahishi and Ali al-Shihri. End summary. 2. (S) O [...]
2009-12-23 15:26:00Embassy RomeSECRETIT KTFN PINR PREL PTER SA YM UN
09SANAA1617YEMEN: HAMID AL-AHMAR SEES SALEH AS WEAK AND
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Hamid al-Ahmar, Islah Party leader, prominent businessman, and de facto leader of Yemen's largest tribal confederation, claimed that he would organize popular demonstrations throughout Yemen aimed at removing President Saleh from power unless the president "guarantees" the fairness [...]
2009-08-31 13:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS ECON SA UK GM YM
09SANAA1669BRENNAN-SALEH MEETING SEP 6, 2009
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a September 6 meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan, President Saleh pledged unfettered access to Yemen's national territory for U.S. counterterrorism operations, suggesting that in the process, the USG assumed responsibility for the success - or failure - [...]
2009-09-15 06:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PINR KDRG PINS SA YM
09SANAA1882HAMID AL-AHMAR TRIES HIS HAND AT COORDINATING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Citing his desire to throw President Saleh off balance, Hamid al-Ahmar, prominent businessman, opposition leader, and de facto head of Yemen's largest tribal confederation, told EconOff on October 6 that he is trying to coordinate the efforts of the Houthi rebels and the Southern Movem [...]
2009-10-12 13:14:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR SA SY GM EG TU LE YM
09SANAA2029FROM YEMEN, SEPARATE ATTACKS ON SAUDI DOORSTEP
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Details are still emerging in two separate, deadly attacks which took place on November 3 close to the Yemen-Saudi border. In northern Sa'ada's Jabal al-Dukhan border region, one Saudi security officer was killed and 11 others wounded, allegedly by Houthi rebels. The second att [...]
2009-11-04 14:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2040SAUDI AIRSTRIKES AT YEMEN BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Local sources confirm that Saudi Arabia continued to launch airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Jebel al-Dukhan area on the Saudi-Yemeni border, despite ROYG statements to the contrary. In an unusual twist, the Houthis are now casting themselves as defenders of Yemen's sovereignty agai [...]
2009-11-09 13:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2052SA’ADA SOLUTION REQUIRES MORE THOUGHT, FEWER
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ongoing, direct Saudi involvement in the Sa'ada war, which in and of itself risks expanding the regional and sectarian dimensions of the conflict, also seems to be encouraging other Sunni neighbors to provide material support to President Saleh's ill-conceived campaign to eradicate [...]
2009-11-11 09:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER SA YM
09SANAA2070SAUDI STRIKES IN YEMEN: AN INVITATION TO IRAN --
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Saudi airstrikes on the Yemeni border continue but have not managed to clear the area of Houthi rebels. Yemeni journalists and the Houthis report Saudi strikes are hitting Yemeni targets, claims that are denied by the ROYG and SAG. Multiple media sources report the Saudi Navy is imp [...]
2009-11-16 14:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2117SA'ADA CEASEFIRE DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Well-informed sources, including one involved directly in preliminary talks, report that both the ROYG and the Houthis are looking for a way to stop the fighting in northern Yemen. While the Houthis apparently have accepted the RQG's five ceasefire conditions, there is an imp [...]
2009-11-23 15:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2155SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS SLOW BUT NOT STALLED
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Sa'ada ceasefire discussions continue to move forward slowly, even during the week-long Eid holiday, and Houthi mediator Hassan Zaid is cautiously optimistic about the possibility that a ceasefire will be reached. While Zaid thinks President Saleh is not serious about a ceasefire an [...]
2009-12-02 12:24:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2176SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS "SHATTERED"
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. A knowledgeable insider reported that the incipient Sa'ada ceasefire discussions have been "shattered." Just days earlier, presidential advisors Abdul Karim al-Iryani and Mohammed Azzan told EmbOffs that Saleh was willing to consider a political solution to the war in Sa'ada. [...]
2009-12-08 13:52:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2185WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART ONE: WHAT ARE THEY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Given the Houthis' opacity and the government's exaggerated claims about their goals, it is difficult to know what exactly they are fighting for. The ROYG accuses the Houthis of wanting to restore clerical rule in Yemen, which they deny, insisting instead that they want basic [...]
2009-12-09 13:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2186WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART TWO: HOW ARE THEY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Little is clear about the Houthi leadership, aside from the fact that Abdulmalik al-Houthi is the rebel group's current leader. Houthi field commanders do not seem to agree on key ideological and religious principles. The Houthis' numbers range from the hundreds to the thou [...]
2009-12-09 13:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2227SA'ADA, MONTH FIVE: IS SALEH SERIOUS ABOUT ENDING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. A week after ceasefire negotiations between the ROYG and the Houthis broke down, bombing continues apace in war-torn Sa'ada governorate. President Saleh continues to send signs that he is still committed to a military end to the conflict and attempts at reaching a political solu [...]
2009-12-16 15:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PREF SA YM
09SANAA2279YEMENI TRIBAL LEADER: FOR SALEH, SAUDI INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh believes the Saudi Government's military actions in Sa'ada will alleviate mounting domestic political pressure on him to demonstrate progress against the Houthi rebels, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX with close personal ties to Saleh and his inner circle. XXXXXXXXXXXX told E [...]
2009-12-28 10:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SA IR YE
09SANAA2287YEMEN: HOUTHI HEAD POSSIBLY DEAD, BUT REBELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With the ROYG and international community refocused on the long-running battle against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the civil war against the Houthi rebels in northern Sa'ada governorate continues to rage, despite rumors that Houthi commander Abdulmalik al-Houthi is dead. [...]
2009-12-31 10:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PREF MOPS YM SA
09SANAA495SALEH SHOWS NO FLEXIBILITY ON GTMO DETAINEES
[...] (S/NF) President Saleh on March 16 rejected a proposal by visiting Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor (APDNSA) John Brennan that Yemeni Guantanamo detainees be sent to a Saudi rehabilitation center jointly run by Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Saleh instead insisted that the [...]
2009-03-23 07:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNKDRG PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ SA YM
09SEOUL1996ROKG CO-SPONSORSHIP FOR UPCOMING UNSCR 1267
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 23 to Park Chi-young of MOFAT's International Security Affairs Division, notifying the ROKG that the U.S. intends to request the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to add Yemen-headquartered al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and two of its lead [...]
2009-12-23 08:25:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN KS KN
09STATE102973FORMAL REQUEST FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE GOU ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv please see para 5. 2. (C) In April 2009, Ukraine circulated to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Partners notification of the GOU's intention to transfer MTCR Category I and Category II items to Saudi Arabia. The notification state [...]
2009-10-02 19:01:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP SA
09STATE113299LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA 7579 - UNDERWATER
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of October 30, 2009 it possesses no credible information or gross violations of human rights by the security officers below: Name: Daniel Jacbos Norte Rank: Police Officer Date of birth: 02/14/1968 Place of birth: Mareesbur [...]
2009-11-03 16:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM SNAR SA
09STATE114669BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050176047 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled C-130 and L-100 air [...]
2009-11-06 14:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UK SA
09STATE118784CIVIL NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) In February 2008, an Ambassadorial-level U.S. delegation including Jackie Wolcott, the former Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, visited Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to discuss potential areas of cooperation aimed at the devel [...]
2009-11-17 22:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP ENRG TRGY KU BA SA MU
09STATE11902RESPONSE TO IAEA COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 4-6. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) On May 16, 2008, the United States Government and the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on civil nuclear cooperation. A few weeks later, a similar nuclea [...]
2009-02-09 23:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PREL TRGY SA QA
09STATE120769(C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON SAUDI ARABIA'S
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE EMBASSY RIYADH'S REPORTING ON THE NEW GOVERNOR IN NAJRAN, MISHAL BIN ABDALLAH. IN ADDITION TO FOLLOWING SAUDI ACTIVITIES RELATED TO YEMEN, ANALYSTS ARE PLANNING TO WRITE AN ASSESSMENT FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND OTHER POLICYMAKERS ON THE ROLE O [...]
2009-11-23 22:53:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR SA
09STATE120774(C) SAUDI ARABIA'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD APPRECIATE ANY EMBASSY RIYADH AND CONSULATE DHAHRAN/JEDDAH REPORTING ON SAUDI ARABIA'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS, AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT. ANALYSTS ARE PLANNING TO WRITE AN ASSESSMENT FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND OTHER POLICYMAKERS ON THE ROLE OF SAUD [...]
2009-11-23 22:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR SA
09STATE131801TERRORIST FINANCE: ACTION REQUEST FOR SENIOR
[...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see para 3. 2. (S/NF) Summary: In August 2009, Special Representative to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan (S/SRAP) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke in coordination with the Department of Treasury established the interagency Illicit Finance Task Fo [...]
2009-12-30 13:28:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL PK KU AE QA SA
09STATE131863BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 051010477 for the export of 766 (AN/PVS) Gen 3 Monocular Night Vision Devices (NVDs) to Saudi [...]
2009-12-30 15:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE17214RANF: U.S. DEMARCHE TO FORWARD-LEANING RECIPIENT
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 9; Kuwait please see paras 9 and 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2003, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat has been developing a mechanism for reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF). This mechanism is intended to suppleme [...]
2009-02-24 23:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG JO KNNP KU MO QA SA TH TRGY TS VM IAEA
09STATE20212TRAVEL WARNING - SAUDI ARABIA
[...] This Travel Warning warns American citizens about the security situation in Saudi Arabia and reminds U.S. citizens of recommended security precautions. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to consider carefully the risks of traveling to Saudi Arabia. There is an ongoing security thre [...]
2009-03-04 19:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC PREL PTER SA
09STATE23170ACTION REQUEST: DE-ESCALATING THE POLITICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 00:51:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPK PREL SA TC XD XF ZP ZR
09STATE24945(S) NEW INFORMATION ON IRANIAN ARMS TRANFERS TO
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request to Embassies Amman and Cairo. Please deliver as soon as possible. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (S/NF) We have received information that Iran intends to ship a cargo of lethal military equipment to Syria with onward tran [...]
2009-03-17 00:29:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC MASS AE MU SA YM IR SU
09STATE37284BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050149165 for the export of F-15 and C-130 component parts to Saudi Arabia. Post is requeste [...]
2009-04-15 19:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE42116COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - SOUTH AFRICA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 18:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC SA
09STATE47315(S) KUDOS ON REPORTING ON THE STATE OF THE SAUDI
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE RIYADH 000910 ON THE STATE OF SAUDI SHI'A. ANALYSTS WERE INTERESTED IN THE CHANGES THE SAUDI SHI'A HAVE EXPERIENCED AND THE FACT THAT DESPITE THE PROGRESS THE SHI'A HAVE MADE IN SAUDI ARABIA, THEY CONTINUE TO FACE DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION AND EMPLOYM [...]
2009-05-08 20:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR SA
09STATE54155BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050132756 for the export of firearms to Saudi Arabia. Post is requested to complete this Blue [...]
2009-05-27 16:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE5567FOLLOW-UP TO INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an action request to Embassies Abu Dhabi, Khartoum, Muscat, Riyadh, and Sanaa. Please deliver immediately. Please see paragraph 4. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (S/NF) Ref A asked Sudan to stop flights from Sudan which we believed are carrying lethal military equipment. Earli [...]
2009-01-22 01:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC MASS AE MU SA YM IR SU
09STATE5572APPROVAL OF PERSONAL TRAVEL TO SAUDI ARABIA FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 01:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC SA
09STATE55873(S/NF) SAUDI ARABIA: KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED POST'S ASSESSMENT OF THE DILEMMA FACING THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT REGARDING ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS. THE ASSESSMENT WAS USED IN A RECENT NATIONAL TERRORISM BULLETIN ON THE EFFORTS OF SAUDI GOVERNMENT TO DENIGRATE AL-QA'IDA. THIS PIECE WAS VERY WELL RECE [...]
2009-06-01 15:02:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PTER SA
09STATE58420GUIDANCE ON MEMBERSHIP OF SAUDI ARABIA IN NATO-ICI
[...] (C) The USG supports the full membership of Saudi Arabia in the NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, vice its current "observer" status. We recognize that future movement on ICI membership largely depends on approval by a higher level within the Government of Saudi Arabia, and that approval a [...]
2009-06-05 22:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALSA NATO PREL
09STATE60205(U) SALMAN BIN ABD AL-AZIZ AL SAUD (C-NE9-01128)
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE PAST REPORTING ON SALMAN BIN ABD AL-AZIZ AL SAUD'S ATTENTION TO HIS PUBLIC IMAGE. ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT SALMAN, PARTICULARLY HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, HIS REPUTATION WITHIN THE FAMILY AND WITH THE PU [...]
2009-06-11 16:07:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV SA
09STATE60413SAUDI ARABIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 19:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09STATE60529SOUTH AFRICA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 22:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09STATE63071BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050094716 for the export of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) - controlled sign [...]
2009-06-18 13:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA SF
09STATE64312(C) SAUDI DIWAN (C-ME9-01371)
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SAUDI ROYAL COURT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ROYAL DIWAN. WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE ASSESSED THAT THE DIWAN IS THE KINGDOM'S MOST IMPORTANT POLITICAL INSTITUTION, AS IT ENCOMPASSES THE OFFICES OF THE KING AND CROWN PRINCE, [...]
2009-06-22 14:32:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR SA
09STATE67103TRAVEL WARNING - SAUDI ARABIA
[...] The Department of State warns American citizens about the security situation in Saudi Arabia and reminds U.S. citizens of recommended security precautions. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to consider carefully the risks of traveling to Saudi Arabia. There is an ongoing security t [...]
2009-06-29 16:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC SA
09STATE71028(C) SAUDI SHURA COUNCIL (C-ME9-01376)
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN THE CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND INFLUENCE OF SAUDI ARABIA'S MAJLIS ASH-SHURA, OR SHURA COUNCIL. UNDER A 1992 LAW, THE COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT OF THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT. THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE COUNCIL TO 150 [...]
2009-07-09 14:57:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV SA
09STATE71311(S) TIES BETWEEN PAKISTANI AND AFGHAN
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS, IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN, HAVE A KEEN INTEREST IN ANY AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON PAKISTANI AND AFGHAN DIASPORA POPULATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND THE GULF STATES. AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE IS INTEREST [...]
2009-07-09 21:44:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR AE AF BA KU MU PK SA YM
09STATE71850DEMARCHE: SUPPORT FOR THE LEBANESE ARMY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs three through six. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Posts are requested to seek host government support for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and, specifically, to request funding for the purchase, upgrade, and transfer of 56 of Jordan's U.S.- [...]
2009-07-10 16:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKU LE PREL PTER QA SA AE
09STATE71880SAUDI ARABIA -- TIP 2009 TIER 3 SHORT-TERM ACTION
[...] This is an action cable: please see paragraph 4. 2. The 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report carries policy and programmatic implications for those countries listed on Tier 3 (i.e. those countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of tr [...]
2009-07-10 17:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09STATE8319ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP TO IRANIAN FLIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request to Embassies Abu Dhabi, Khartoum, Muscat, Riyadh, and Sanaa. Please deliver as soon as feasible. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (S/NF) Ref A expanded the action in Ref B to include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Yemen, [...]
2009-01-30 02:38:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC MASS AE MU SA YM IR SU
09STATE86455FOLLOW-UP: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT
[...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to subject Blue Lantern request regarding the export of signal amplifiers to Saudi Arabia. This request was sent on 18 June 2009, over 60 days ago. We request an update from Post regarding the status of this case. If Post has alrea [...]
2009-08-19 17:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE89001(SBU) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON GAZA STRIP
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYTS WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION FOR REF REPORTING WHICH, TOGETHER WITH OTHER REPORTING, PROVIDED EXCELLENT INSIGHTS INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF PALESTINIAN TERRORIST GROUPS, THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORIST OPERATIONS INSIDE EGYPT, AND THE CONTACTS AND NETWORKS OF [...]
2009-08-26 15:22:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PTER AE BA IR IS IZ JO KU LE MU QA SA SY YM
09STATE99583BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99584BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99588BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99589BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09STATE99590BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 17:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SA
09TELAVIV1070CODEL WEXLER'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM AYALON
[...] (C) Summary. Representative Robert Wexler met with Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on May 10. Looking toward PM Netanyahu's May 18 meeting with President Obama, Wexler advised that Netanyahu should support President Obama's engagement with Iran. Wexler said he was confident that the tw [...]
2009-05-13 13:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IR SA SY EG TU IS
09TELAVIV1688PM A/S SHAPIRO'S JULY 22-23 VISIT TO ISRAEL
[...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro met with a number of GOI officials on July 22-23 to stress the importance of the U.S.-Israeli political-military relationship, and to discuss among other issues Israel's Qualitative Military Edge (QME). GOI interlocutors [...]
2009-07-30 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG CH IR SA LE IS
09TELAVIV2482ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE VERSHBOW MEETS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1 and 2, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, met with a number of senior Israeli defense officials in Israel including: Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General (DG) Pinchas Buchris; Head of MOD Poli [...]
2009-11-16 08:55:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KWBG EG SY IR SA LE TU
09TELAVIV250040TH JOINT POLITICAL-MILITARY GROUP: EXECUTIVE
[...] (S) Summary: During the Executive Session of the 40th Joint Political Military Group (JPMG),U.S. and Israeli counterparts continued discussion on the creation of four new Qualitative Military Edge (QME) working groups. GOI interlocutors continued to raise concerns regarding the F-15 sale to [...]
2009-11-18 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG CH IR RU SA LE TU IS
09TELAVIV250240TH JPMG: NEA REGIONAL DISCUSSION (PART 3 OF 4)
[...] (S) Summary: As part of the 40th Joint Political Military Group (JPMG),U.S. and GOI counterparts discussed security issues in the Near East region. GOI officials expressed support for the P5 plus 1 engagement process with Iran, but doubted the process would lead to any change in Iranian behavior - [...]
2009-11-18 14:34:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KWBG EG IR SA LE IS
09TELAVIV799NORWEGIAN MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Norwegian Special Representative for the Middle East Jon Hanssen-Bauer and Ambassador to Israel Jakken Biorn Lian said Norway, as chair of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC),continues to press donors to live up to pledges made at confe [...]
2009-04-02 16:11:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG KPAL EG SA NO IS
09UNVIEVIENNA114COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY: EXECUTIVE
[...] (SBU) At the conclusion of Working Group B of Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO),Ambassador met with Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) Executive Secretary Tibor Toth to review the results of the three weeks of meetings. Toth welcomed signs [...]
2009-03-20 11:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KTBT SA
09UNVIEVIENNA243NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCES: TOP-LEVEL APPROACHES TO
[...] (SBU) At the conclusion of his meeting with U.S. House oF Representatives leaders Waxman and Lowey on May 26 (septel to follow),IAEA Director General (DG) ElBaradei engaged for several minutes separately with Ambassador and Msnoff on tactics for Board of Governors consideration of nuclear fue [...]
2009-05-27 16:25:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC ENRG KNNP EG SA
09UNVIEVIENNA371ABDUL MINTY SKETCHES AGENDA FOR COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 4 conversation with Charge, South African IAEA Governor Abdul Minty commented on U.S. priority issues for the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors and General Conference meetings, arguing that an objective for both sides should be healing the rift between developed and de [...]
2009-08-04 14:08:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA KNNP ENRG IR SA
09UNVIEVIENNA497 MIXED EXPECTATIONS FOR SALEHI'S RETURN TO IAEA
[...] (C) Atomic Energy Organization of Iran head, Ali Akbar Salehi, previously served in Vienna as Iran's Permanent Representative to the IAEA, thus many diplomats in Vienna already know him well. Although at least one IAEA official is optimistic that Salehi will bring greater cooperation from Ir [...]
2009-11-03 14:48:00UNVIESECRETPREL AORC SA IR KNNP
09USNATO232KUWAIT FORCES NATO TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a June 3 meeting with the North Atlantic Council (NAC),representatives from the four Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) countries pledged to work both in and out of the ICI structure with NATO on issues of common concern, such as piracy. The Kuwaiti Ambassador argued that [...]
2009-06-05 15:12:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PGOV PREL BA KU QA AE MU SA
09USNATO236RFG: USG POSITION ON POTENTIAL MEMBERSHIP OF SAUDI
[...] (C) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) In a bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, the Ambassador informed the SYG that a recent high-level Saudi delegation which visited NAT [...]
2009-06-05 16:38:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL SA
09USUNNEWYORK618AMBASSADOR RICE'S JUNE 22 MEETING WITH TERJE
[...] (C) Summary: Terje Roed-Larsen told Ambassador Rice on June 22 that the June 7 Lebanese Parliamentary elections had been "good news" and described three possible regional scenarios going forward in order of probability: (1) business as usual, (2) a regional war started by Hizballah involving [...]
2009-06-25 02:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LE SY IR SA VT
09VATICAN42VATICAN VIEWS ON SAUDI GOVERNMENT REFORMS; DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Vatican's Arabian Peninsula Director said the Holy See considered recent Cabinet changes in Saudi Arabia significant but "oversold". The decision to include all schools of Sunni jurisprudence in the Council of Senior Ulamas was far more meaningful. The Vatican still expected [...]
2009-03-18 13:03:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPREL KIRF PHUM VT SA
09VIENNA1620AUSTRIA RECEIVES 1267 PRE-NOTIFICATION LISTING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 08:41:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN
10ASMARA33SAUDI CONCERNS ABOUT ERITREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi ambassador to Eritrea is concerned about Iranian influence, says Iran has supplied materiel to the Eritrean navy, and recently ran into an Iranian delegation visiting Asmara. He claims Yemeni Houthi rebels were present in Eritrea in 2009 (but is not sure if they still [...]
2010-02-12 06:44:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL ER SA IR YM
10BAGHDAD119SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL REVIEWS IRAQ'S RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with DCM January 12, senior MFA advisor Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud asked for USG help in improving Iraq's relations with its neighbors and in defending its interests. Regarding Iran, he noted a host of contentious issues that went beyond the current disputed border are [...]
2010-01-18 08:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL SA SY IZ IR JO
10BAGHDAD243VP HASHEMI REVIEWS DE-BA'ATHIFICATION ISSUE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: VP Hashemi reviewed with NEA A/S Feltman January 24 the current state of play on the de-Ba'athification controversy. He expressed the hope that USG interlocutors would convince PM Maliki that the de-Ba'athification decisions of the Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC) sho [...]
2010-01-31 07:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ SA
10BAGHDAD36VICE PRESIDENT ABD AL-MAHDI'S JANUARY 12-14 VISIT
[...] (C) Vice President Adel Abd al-Mahdi travels to Washington to show us that he has what it takes to be Prime Minister, according to his close aides. We assess that he is a strong candidate for Prime Minister in the next government, having positioned himself as a good compromise for Shi'a partie [...]
2010-01-06 17:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM OVIP KJUS SA IR IZ
10BANGKOK278THE CURSE OF THE BLUE DIAMOND: THAILAND INDICTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the latest chapter of a two decade-long saga which has long soured Thai-Saudi relations, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) Office of the Attorney General on January 12 indicted five police officers in connection with the 1990 murder of a Saudi Arabian businessman with family ti [...]
2010-02-02 10:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SA TH
10BASRAH2BASRAH ANTI-IRAN DEMONSTRATION: LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE
[...] (U) This is a Basrah reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Basrah-based representatives of political parties and tribes staged a brief and peaceful protest on January 2 at the Iranian Consulate to protest the reported December 18 Iranian occupation of the cross-border Al Fakkah oil well in nearb [...]
2010-01-31 11:07:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI SCUL KPAO IZ IR SA
10BEIRUT118GEAGEA ON MARCH 14 POSITIVE MOMENTUM, CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: The March 14 coalition has recaptured some of its momentum as it prepares to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Rafik Hariri's assassination on February 14, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador on February 3. Geagea complained of Syria's ascendant status [...]
2010-02-05 12:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR KPAL LE SY SA
10BEIRUT167HARIRI RALLY HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FACING MARCH 14
[...] (C) Summary: Tens of thousands of Future Movement, Lebanese Forces and Kataeb supporters joined the February 14 rally -- organized by the March 14 coalition -- to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Turnout was less than in previous ye [...]
2010-02-22 12:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IS SA
10BEIRUT65MARCH 14 PARTNERS STRUGGLE WITH NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: Members of the March 14 coalition are now struggling to agree on how to mark their next significant event, the fifth commemoration of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination on February 14. Prime Minister Saad Hariri is reportedly hesitating to hold a major political r [...]
2010-01-21 15:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM LE SA
10CANBERRA1AUSTRALIA WILL CONSIDER COSPONSORING LISTING
[...] (S) The Australian government will consider co-sponsoring the request to list Al-Qa,ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and its two leaders under UNSCR 1267. Peter Scott, Director of Sanctions and Transnational Crime at DFAT, said that he would be unable to give a firm answer on whether Aust [...]
2010-01-04 00:13:00Embassy CanberraSECRETKTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN AS
10CANBERRA12AUSTRALIA WILL COSPONSOR REQUEST TO LIST YEMENI
[...] (S) The Australian government has agreed to cosponsor our request to list Yemen-based al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and its two leaders, Nasir al-Wahishi and Ali al-Shihri, under UNSCR 1267. Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section Director Peter Scott of the Department of Forei [...]
2010-01-06 04:15:00Embassy CanberraSECRETKTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN AS
10CHENGDU45YUNNAN IMAMS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THE HAJJ, AND BUILDING
[...] (U) Summary: Southwest China's Yunnan Province has one of the PRC's highest concentrations of Muslims, with over 640,000 Muslims in the province and 140,000 in the provincial capital of Kunming. Muslims' religious freedom in Yunnan is increasing, though unannounced visits by Religious Affairs [...]
2010-02-26 06:17:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SOCI KISL SA CH
10DHAHRAN14CALM PREVAILS IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE AS SHIA COMMEMORATE
[...] (S/NF) An atmosphere of calm prevailed during the Islamic New Year as Shia of the Eastern Province celebrated Ashura. Moderate leaders such as Sheikh Hassan al-Saffar drew large audiences to their lectures during the run-up to Ashura, with a particularly strong showing by youth. Contacts note [...]
2010-01-23 08:41:00Consulate DhahranSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL INR SA YM BA
10DHAHRAN18SOLAR ENERGY PICKS UP MOMENTUM IN SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (U) The First Energy Bank of Bahrain plans to build a polysilicon plant in Saudi Arabia to serve an increasing demand for solar energy power generation in the Middle East. The King Abdul Aziz City of Science and Technology (KACST) launched a major initiative to use its research facilities to d [...]
2010-02-06 11:38:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PGOV SA BA
10DHAHRAN28TWO WOMEN APPOINTED TO THE EASTERN PROVINCE CHAMBER OF
[...] (U) For the first time in the history of the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EPCCI),two women were appointed to the board. This follows disappointing results for the three different women candidates who ran unsuccessfully for the board in the recent elections. The appointm [...]
2010-02-08 12:37:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON KWMN SA
10DHAHRAN31SAUDI ARAMCO IS TAPPED AGAIN TO BUILD MAJOR REFINERY
[...] (C) On January 19, the Ministry of Petroleum announced that Saudi Aramco had been asked to build the estimated USD $10 billion Jazan refinery. This project was originally to be built by the Saudi private sector in a move to give them valuable experience in managing a big project. For now, it [...]
2010-02-22 12:56:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PGOV SA
10JEDDAH10CATCHING UP WITH "THE FIRST WORLD": MECCA GOVERNOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 27 meeting with Ambassador, Governor of Mecca Region, HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (ref A),expressed his satisfaction with Hajj 2009 (ref B),which was not disrupted by the feared outbreak of H1N1 or significantly affected by the November 25 flash [...]
2010-01-08 10:30:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KFLU KISL KWBG SA
10JEDDAH14JEDDAH GOVERNOR PRINCE MISHAAL BIN MAJID'S
[...] (C) Summary. In December 29 introductory meeting with Ambassador, Prince Mishaal bin Majid bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Jeddah (ref A),warned that Yemen could become like Somalia in the absence of development projects funded by the GCC, U.S., and Europe. Skeptical that Israel wants peace given [...]
2010-01-10 06:37:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALCASC KISL KWBG PREL SA YM IR IS
10JEDDAH4JEDDAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: A GATEWAY THROUGH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Smith's December 28 visit to the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) revealed an active organization on the front line of social change in Saudi Arabia. Ambassador met with Deputy Chair Dr. Lama Sulaiman, the first woman to be elected to this position (r [...]
2010-01-04 09:26:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECON PREL EMIN EFIN EIND EINV SA
10JEDDAH50GACA COMMENTS ON US-SAUDI OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment. On February 3, Captain Mohammed Ali Jamjoom, Vice President Safety and Economic Regulation at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA),discussed issues needing to be resolved for the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to sign an Open Skies agreement (reftels). Jamjo [...]
2010-02-27 13:05:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON KTIA PREL SA
10KABUL500KARZAI DELIGHTED AT SAUDI ARABIA VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai is "very happy" with his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, according to Karzai Chief of Staff Daudzai and reconciliation advisor Masoom Stanekazai, each of whom described the high-level attention Karzai received from Saudi leaders as a boost for Karzai and GIRoA's sta [...]
2010-02-09 09:49:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL AF SA
10PARIS47FRANCE URGES COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO YEMEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French advocate a comprehensive and coordinated approach to Yemen and they support the Yemeni government's pursuit of a ceasefire linked to broad national dialogue, according to Jean-Baptiste Faivre, French MFA Deputy Assistant Secretary-equivalent. Faivre told poloff January 12 th [...]
2010-01-13 16:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA YM FR
10PRETORIA325SOUTH AFRICA UNDECIDED ON HOW TO RESPOND TO IRAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DIRCO Chief Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Pitso Montwedi claims that while South Africa does have very serious concerns with human rights violations in Iran, his department has received no direction from higher-ups on an official stance. Following a high-level [...]
2010-02-17 12:58:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SA
10PRETORIA354S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS: CHALLENGING CULTURE AND
[...] (U) Post is honored to nominate Justice and Women's (JAW) Impepe (Blow the Whistle) Campaign and Malibongwe's Empowerment and Training Centre for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues small grants initiative. In a country where one in three women can expect to be raped in her lifetim [...]
2010-02-22 06:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID SA
10PRETORIA36LEAHY VETTING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the law enforcement executive development program session 34 at ILEA Gaborone, which starts on January 18-February 26, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 6. Pos [...]
2010-01-07 12:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC SA
10PRETORIA383SOUTH AFRICA DIVIDED INTERNALLY ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In conversations and meetings in Cape Town on the margins of the opening of Parliament, the Ambassador heard repeatedly that the SAG is conflicted on how to deal with Iran with respect to human rights and nuclear non-proliferation. While they are mindful of South Africa's dependen [...]
2010-02-25 12:58:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KNUC PARM NPT SA
10PRETORIA384DEMARCHE TO SOUTH AFRICA: PRIORITIES FOR MARCH UN
[...] (SBU) The South African Government's (SAG) positions in the 13th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) will be essentially unchanged from those of the 12th session apart from slight nuances. The SAG continues to assert that Defamation of Religion (DoR) must be addressed, although it conce [...]
2010-02-25 12:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN SA
10PRETORIA398DIRCO ON IRAN: ANY UNHRC MOTIONS SHOULD URGE
[...] (C) South African officials request confirmation before February 27 that the USG will introduce a resolution on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran at the next session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC). After consultation with DRL, Poloff informed the SAG today that [...]
2010-02-26 15:34:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SA
10RIGA93AIRBALTIC CEO UNHAPPY ABOUT IRAN; WANTS USG HELP TO START
[...] (C) Bertolt Flick, CEO of airBaltic, met with Ambassador Garber to complain about U.S. pressure on the GOL to prohibit airBaltic's planned new service to Iran (Reftel A & B). Flick confirmed that airBaltic will not fly to Tehran. However, he expressed his frustration that the previou [...]
2010-02-26 11:28:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IZ SA LG
10RIYADH1CHEVRON INAUGURATES LARGE SCALE STEAM INJECTION
[...] (U) Ambassadors Smith and Jones, and Dhahran Consul General Kenny, participated in the inauguration of Chevron's large scale steamflood pilot project at the Wafra field in the Saudi Arabia-Kuwaiti partitioned neutral zone November 4. Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Na [...]
2010-01-03 07:13:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON PREL SA KU
10RIYADH101SPECIAL ADVISOR TO SRAP WITH SAUDI INTEL: WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE TALIBAN?
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-23 12:21:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNAF PGOV PK PREL SA
10RIYADH102SAUDI FOREIGN AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT PLANS: OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (U) This is an action request for EEB and USDA. Please see paragraph 17. Summary and introduction ------------------------ 2. (SBU) After decades of heavy support for domestic agriculture that made this arid Kingdom one of the world's largest wheat exporters for many years, the Saudi g [...]
2010-01-24 03:32:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EINV ECON EAID SENV PGOV PREL SA
10RIYADH103SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Mission Saudi Arabia enthusiastically welcomes your visit, planned for February 15-20, to Riyadh and Jeddah. You will arrive just after several prominent official visits, including Deputy Treasury Secretary Wolin and Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Hormats, and just before [...]
2010-01-24 11:56:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL KIPR EINV TSPL SENV SOCI SA
10RIYADH104SAUDI DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER CALLS FOR
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraphs three and six. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Deputy Minister of Health Ziad Memish told Econoffs that the Ministry's top two health cooperation priorities with the U.S. are to finalize an MOU with HHS and to increase significantly the number o [...]
2010-01-24 11:57:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TBIO SENV PREL SA
10RIYADH105SAUDI-SYRIAN RELATIONS: A "GOOD SMELL IN THE AIR"
[...] (C) Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad's three-day visit to Saudi Arabia from January 13-15 (ref A) marked the third time in four months that the once-estranged Asad and King Abdullah have met face to face. While the Syrian Embassy in Riyadh has downplayed the political dimensions of the visit-- [...]
2010-01-25 11:24:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA LE SY IR WB GZ
10RIYADH106DEMARCHE RESPONSE: USG YEMEN POLICY
[...] (U) DCM met with Dr. Raed Krimly, MFA Director of Western Affairs, on January 25 to discuss U.S. goals for the January 27 Yemen ministerial in London, per reftel. Econ Counselor discussed reftel points with Deputy Finance Minister for Economic Affairs Sulaiman Al-Turki in a separate meeting t [...]
2010-01-25 12:52:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA YM
10RIYADH107SAUDI ARABIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...]
2010-01-25 13:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON OPIC KTDB USTR SA
10RIYADH108DEMARCHE RESPONSE: OUTREACH ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) DCM met with Dr. Raed Krimly, MFA Director of Western Affairs, on January 25 to discuss U.S. priorities for the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan and solicit Saudi support for these goals per reftel. Econ Counselor also met separately with Deputy Finance Minister for Economic Af [...]
2010-01-25 16:00:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF SA
10RIYADH118SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESSING CHINA TO STOP
[...] (C) Summary: Saudi Foreign Ministry officials told visiting NEA A/S Feltman that they are convinced Iran intends to develop a nuclear weapon, and that the Saudi Foreign Minister pressed his counterpart hard for greater Chinese engagement on this threat during the Chinese FM's visit earlier in [...]
2010-01-26 17:14:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC PTER PGOV KGHG SENV ETRD SA IR
10RIYADH119SAG ANNOUNCE $50 MILLION FOR HAITI
[...] (U) Economic Counselor presented points in reftel to Deputy Minister of Finance for Economic Affairs Sulaiman Al-Turki during a January 25 meeting. Al-Turki said the Saudi government is monitoring the situation closely and noted that the international community's response was "overwhelming." [...]
2010-01-27 05:16:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL AEMR SA HA
10RIYADH123CHINESE FM YANG VISITS RIYADH
[...] (C) Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with King Abdullah and FM Prince Saud Al-Faisal on January 13, during the last stop of a five nation Africa and Middle East tour. During the visit, FM Yang discussed deepening Saudi-Chinese ties in a variety of fields, emphasizing trade, in particul [...]
2010-01-27 12:27:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH KWBG IR SA
10RIYADH124SAUDI KING PESSIMISTIC WITH BLAIR ON CHANCES FOR
[...] (C) The British DCM provided Econcous with a readout of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's January 24 meeting with the King and FM Saud Al-Faisal. According to the DCM, Blair stressed the importance of restarting the negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians. Besides putting more [...]
2010-01-27 13:12:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL SA
10RIYADH125SAUDI OFFICIALS ON ENERGY SUBSIDIES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 13:40:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV SA
10RIYADH129SAUDI ARABIA RESPONDS TO HOUTHI CEASEFIRE OFFER
[...] (U) Speaking to the press from the Saudi border region of Jizan on January 27, Assistant Defense Minister Khalid bin Sultan responded to the ceasefire offer made by Abdul Malik Al-Houthi on January 25 (reftel). He maintained that the Saudis had driven the Houthis from their territory prior to [...]
2010-01-27 14:57:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SA YM
10RIYADH131A/S FELTMAN'S JANUARY 26 MEETING WITH CULTURE
[...] (C) During a January 26 meeting with Assistant Secretary Feltman, Culture Minister Abdulaziz Khoja urged us to share our thoughts on Iraq with FM Prince Saud Al-Faisal; said the Saudis remained convinced of Iranian support for the Houthis in Yemen; expressed concern about the possibility of Is [...]
2010-01-30 11:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
10RIYADH132JOINT U.S. - SAUDI BUSINESS DIALOGUE LAUNCHED
[...] (U) The Saudi Council of Chambers pulled out all the stops lining up an impressive array of Saudi business leaders to discuss U.S. - Saudi business relations with Commerce DAS Holly Vineyard. The discussion revolved around a number of key themes, including the need for a renewed emphasis on b [...]
2010-01-30 14:15:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD ECON PREL SA
10RIYADH136SFD CONFIRMS $150 MILLION FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) On the sidelines of a January 30 meeting at the Saudi Fund for Development, Mohammad Al-Arifi, the Fund's technical director for Asia, confirmed to Econoff that the SAG would be extending an additional $150 million in aid to Afghanistan. He said this aid would come in the form of soft loans [...]
2010-01-31 06:53:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL SA AF
10RIYADH139WOMEN'S MOVEMENT IN QASSIM STRENGTHENED BY
[...] (C) Although often considered the heart of the conservative Nejd region, the province of Qassim is home to a cohesive, locally-driven women's movement focused on pragmatic steps to improve the status and daily life of women in Qassim. Under the patronage and guidance of Princess Noura bint M [...]
2010-01-31 12:19:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA SOCI KMPI KWMN
10RIYADH146DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT OF OUTREACH FOR IRAN
[...] (U) On January 27 Poloff met with the Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs NGOs and Human Rights Directorate, Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Rassi, to seek support for U.S. views and suggest recommendations for the upcoming U.N. Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Iran p [...]
2010-02-01 12:57:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALIR PHUM PREL SA UNGA
10RIYADH148RIYADH HIGH COURT OVERTURNS AL-JOUF FORCED DIVORCE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 30, English-language dailies Saudi Gazette and Arab News reported that the newly-established High Court in Riyadh -- a "supreme court" of review which is one of the first fruits of King Abdullah's judicial reform efforts -- had overturned the highly contentious forced d [...]
2010-02-01 13:51:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKDEM KISL KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SA
10RIYADH149SAUDI COMMERCE MINISTRY WELCOMES ANTIBOYCOTT
[...] (SBU) Representatives from DOC's Office of Anti-Boycott Compliance visited Riyadh January 31 to discuss Saudi progress on reported Arab League Boycott requests. Saudi Arabia's compliance record has improved dramatically from 350 prohibited requests in 1994 to five prohibited requests in 2009 [...]
2010-02-01 14:31:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KBCT PREL SA IS
10RIYADH152MOJ REPORTS SOME PROGRESS ON LEGAL REFORMS; STILL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Smith, engaged in a frank and wide-ranging discussion with Minister of Justice Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa on January 27. Dr. Al-Issa spoke candidly about the challenges he faced in implementing King Abdullah's reform agenda, citing several examples of recent progress such a [...]
2010-02-02 13:41:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKDEM KISL KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SA
10RIYADH153PRINCE TURKI AL-FAISAL ON AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) During a meeting on January 30, Ambassador Smith and Prince Turki Al-Faisal--former GIP Head and Ambassador to the U.S., and current Chairman of the Board of the King Faisal Center-- discussed ways to further strengthen the U.S.- Saudi bilateral relationship; Saudi Arabia's Afghanistan les [...]
2010-02-02 13:47:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA AF PK
10RIYADH154DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE
[...] (C) DCM met with Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations, Dr. Khalid Al-Jindan, on February 3 to solicit Saudi support for the U.S. strategy to mobilize pressure to persuade Iran's engagement on its nuclear program per reftel A. 2. (C) Al-Jindan noted that he had attended th [...]
2010-02-03 14:16:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC SA
10RIYADH155KARZAI TO THE KING: I NEED YOUR HELP
[...] (C) Afghan President Hamid Karzai traveled to Riyadh for a meeting with Saudi King Abdullah on February 3. Karzai's visit comes a week after his speech at the London Afghanistan Conference, where he called upon the Saudis to assist in facilitating the Afghan reconciliation process. As Karzai [...]
2010-02-03 14:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF PK SA
10RIYADH159(S) SAUDI ARABIA: RENEWED ASSURANCES ON SATELLITE
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation Prince Khaled bin Sultan to relay U.S. concerns about sharing USG imagery with Saudi Arabia in light of evidence that Saudi aircraft may have struck civilian targets during its fighting with the Houthis in northern Yemen. Pr [...]
2010-02-07 09:24:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR SA YM
10RIYADH160SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFERS ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (S) Summary: The Saudi Ministry of Interior briefed visiting NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman on its concerns about regional stability, centering on Yemen, Iraq, Iran and Syria. MOI is concerned that Yemeni leaders do not have a coherent vision for the development of the country, and are instead preoccupied [...]
2010-02-07 14:02:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PTER PGOV SA
10RIYADH161SAUDI ARABIA CAUTIOUSLY CONSIDERING CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER
[...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. interagency delegation briefed KACST VP Dr. Prince Turki bin Saud January 23 on possible areas of cooperation with the United States on civil nuclear power. Prince Turki said KACST would issue a Request for Proposals in the next few months for a consulting firm to conduct [...]
2010-02-08 03:29:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PREL SA
10RIYADH172SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY
[...] (SBU) Madam Chair, Mission Saudi Arabia enthusiastically welcomes the visit of CODEL Lowey to Riyadh and Jeddah. By virtue of its energy resources, financial power, counterterrorism efforts, and leadership of the Muslim world, Saudi Arabia plays a critical role in almost every global and regi [...]
2010-02-09 17:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON SA
10RIYADH176SAUDI AUTHORITIES STILL MULLING OVER HOW TO
[...] (C) Assistant Minister of Petroleum Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told EconCouns on February 8 that his ministry would love to see domestic prices for oil (and gas) raised. The Ministry of Petroleum, like many other ministries, acutely understands the clear economic benefits of raising prices, [...]
2010-02-10 13:10:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEFIN ENRG EPET ECON PREL SA
10RIYADH178SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S FEB 15-16
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, Mission Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to the Kingdom, a country which, by virtue of its energy resources, financial power, counterterrorism efforts, and leadership of the Muslim world, plays a critical role in many global and regional issues of importance to us. [...]
2010-02-11 12:23:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNOVIP PREL PGOV PTER SA YM IR ECON
10RIYADH182SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Ambassador Holbrooke, Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to Saudi Arabia, which, by virtue of its historical and cultural ties to Central Asia; personal relationships between Saudi, Afghani and Pakistani leaders; financial power; and leadership of the Muslim world, can play a central role in im [...]
2010-02-12 12:15:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KTFN SA AF PK
10RIYADH183SAUDI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY SUPPORTIVE OF A
[...] (SBU) Representatives from Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) told Econoffs February 10 that SAGIA is very supportive of the development of a civilian nuclear sector in Saudi Arabia. The Vice President for Energy and Economic Cities Development Omar Al-Madhi said Canadian, Bri [...]
2010-02-12 14:13:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PREL SA
10RIYADH184TWO FACES OF SAUDI ARABIA’S CLIMATE NEGOTIATING
[...] (S) Saudi Arabia is officially still studying the issue of whether to associate with the Copenhagen Accord on Climate Change. Behind the scenes, we understand serious discussions are taking place about which road will best serve the Kingdom's long term interests. On one hand, Saudi Arabia's lead cl [...]
2010-02-12 14:16:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKGHG SENV EPET ENRG PREL SA
10RIYADH188INTERNATIONAL ENERGY FORUM DISCUSSIONS CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Forty three of 53 countries that attended the International Energy Forum's February 6-7 meeting of the Expanded High Level Steering Group broadly endorsed a recommended set of next steps to make the IEF a more effective venue for a producer-consumer dialogue on international oil [...]
2010-02-14 07:38:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG PREL SA
10RIYADH193YEMENI-HOUTHI CEASEFIRE: WILL IT LAST?
[...] (S) Summary: On Thursday, February 11, the Yemeni Government announced a ceasefire in its conflict with the Houthis to take effect as of midnight on February 12th. While violations and political setbacks are likely in the days and weeks ahead, the ceasefire ought to hold for the near term. T [...]
2010-02-15 06:45:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMASS MOPS PREL SA YM
10RIYADH196GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL LOOKING FOR GREATER TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council is very interested in pursuing closer trade and investment ties with the United States, and made a strong pitch for the U.S. to consider concluding some kind of agreement with the GCC as a whole. GCC officials noted that GCC rules actually prohibit [...]
2010-02-15 14:30:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV PREL SA
10RIYADH204SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 21-23 VISIT OF ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Saudi officials are very excited about your visit, which they expect will build on the successful December visit of Deputy Secretary Poneman to write a new chapter in our bilateral dialogue on energy and Science & Technology Cooperation. You will arrive at a tim [...]
2010-02-18 13:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG KGHG EINV ECON PREL SA
10RIYADH208FURTHER SAUDI GOVERNMENT PROGRESS ON ENFORCING
[...] (SBU) On February 17, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information (MOCI) Abdul Rahman Al-Hazzaa hosted a meeting with the Arabian Anti-Piracy Alliance and Microsoft, who presented initial mock ups of an extensive public relations campaign to increase public awareness of the issue of piracy in S [...]
2010-02-20 15:10:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON PREL SA
10RIYADH213WHAT CONCERNS SAUDI ARABIA ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Assistant Petroleum Minister, and senior Royal Family Member in MinPet, recently summarized Saudi concerns about the long-term outlook for international energy markets. Saudi Arabia is concerned by the lack of clarity for the outlook, as forecasts have ranged from many progno [...]
2010-02-21 13:41:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON ENRG KGHG PGOV PREL SA
10RIYADH214SAUDI ARABIA LAUNCHES SOLAR DESALINATION PLANT
[...] (SBU) King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST, effectively Saudi Arabia's science ministry) announced a three-phase national plan for solar energy-based desalination production in late January. The Kingdom has abundant sun energy exposure on the order of 2,000 kilowatts per squa [...]
2010-02-21 13:46:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG SENV EPET PREL SA
10RIYADH221SAUDI-IRAQI RELATIONS: RIYADH BACK IN THE GAME?
[...] (C) In a surprising move, King Abdullah welcomed former Iraqi PM and current Iraqiyya coalition leader Dr. Iyyad Allawi to his desert encampment near Riyadh on February 20. The meeting, prominently featured in the state media, suggests a change in Saudi thinking about Iraq, and an apparent sh [...]
2010-02-23 13:40:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA IZ
10RIYADH224CODEL LOWEY AND SAUDI VICE MINISTER OF EDUCATION
[...] (U) During a February 14 visit to the National Dialogue Center (KACND) CODEL Lowey was briefed on its primary goal of combating extremism by promoting dialogue and exchanges of differing points of view among Saudis. On the role of women the Center's Director explained the SAG privatization st [...]
2010-02-24 14:25:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KISL KOCI KPAO PGOV PPD PREL SA
10RIYADH225GCC WANTS TO FOCUS ON TECHNICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is looking forward to the February 27-28 meeting on technical aspects of assistance to Yemen, which it hopes will identify the main impediments to more effective aid programs on the ground. This is the latest in a series of meetings the GCC has he [...]
2010-02-24 14:42:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEAID EFIN PREL SA
10RIYADH226TREASURY D/S WOLIN DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND
[...] (U) Summary: On February 13-14, Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin visited Saudi Arabia and met with Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) Governor Muhammad Al Jasser and Minister of Finance Ibrahim Al Assaf. Wolin reviewed the improving strength of the U.S. and global economies, and other [...]
2010-02-25 07:57:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN EINV SA
10RIYADH228TREASURY D/S WOLIN DISCUSSES ILLICIT FINANCE AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On February 13-14, Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin visited Saudi Arabia, discussing illicit finance and Iran policy issues with Assistant Minister of Interior HRH Prince Muhammad bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (MBN),Minister of Finance Ibrahim Al Assaf, and Saudi Arabian [...]
2010-02-27 11:59:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON PREL EFIN KTFN SA
10RIYADH28MISH'AL IN RIYADH, BUT IRAN IS THE REAL FOCUS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 11:26:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY SA
10RIYADH29ASSISTANT SAUDI OIL MINISTER REQUESTS U.S. VIEWS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph five. 2. (SBU) Ambassador met Assistant Minister for Petroleum Affairs Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman January 4 at the Prince's request. Prince Abdulaziz gave Ambassador a copy of the report of the International Energy Forum (IEF) Expert Gro [...]
2010-01-05 12:56:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG PREL ECON FR IEF SA
10RIYADH31SAUDI LEADERSHIP PROFILES: PRINCE SULTAN BIN SALMAN
[...] (C) During a warm introductory meeting with Ambassador Smith on January 2, Secretary General of the Supreme Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) Prince Sultan bin Salman discussed his desire to foster a better understanding of Saudi Arabia, its people, and its culture through increas [...]
2010-01-05 15:25:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV SA
10RIYADH33SAUDIS ANGRY & CONFUSED OVER NEW TSA SCREENING
[...] AN AVALANCHE OF INQUIRIES: The Embassy has been deluged with media inquiries since the story broke January 4. All Saudi media outlets reported January 5 that the U.S. Department of State had issued a new directive for intensive air screening of U.S.-bound passengers from 14 countries, includ [...]
2010-01-05 17:35:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER SCUL KPAD SA
10RIYADH34SAUDI FOCUS ON PEACE TALKS DURING ABBAS VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 19:02:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL SA EG SY
10RIYADH37MISH'AL IN RIYADH, BUT IRAN IS THE REAL FOCUS
[...] (C) Egyptian President Mubarak, Palestinian Authority President Abbas, the Turkish Foreign Minister and Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khalid Mish'al visited Riyadh in the past two weeks, reflecting a renewed Saudi push on Palestinian and intra-Arab reconciliation, aimed ultimately at blunting [...]
2010-01-06 09:54:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SY SA
10RIYADH38SAUDI FOCUS ON PEACE TALKS DURING ABBAS VISIT
[...] (C) FOCUS ON PROSPECTS FOR PEACE: Palestine Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Dr. Mahir Karaki told Pol/Mil Counselor that President Mahmoud Abbas' December 30 meetings with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal focused on restarting Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. Dr. Mahir obser [...]
2010-01-06 11:48:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL KPAL SA EG SY
10RIYADH40AFGHAN SECOND VICE PRESIDENT VISITS RIYADH
[...] (U) The Saudi Press Agency announced the January 3 visit of Afghan Second Vice President Abdulkarim Khalili. Khalili met with King Abdullah, Minister of Defense Crown Prince Sultan, Deputy Commander of the National Guard Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, Assistant Chief of General Intelligence Prince [...]
2010-01-06 15:31:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF SA PK
10RIYADH61POSITIVE TREASURY ENGAGEMENT WITH MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 05:47:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNECON PREL EFIN KTFN SA
10RIYADH62ADDITIONAL SAUDI VIEWS ON UNSCR 1267 LISTING OF
[...] (S) A/DCM met Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister for Multilateral Relations Dr. Prince Torki bin Mohammed January 10 to follow up on the U.S. proposal (ref A) to designate Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and two AQAP leaders under UNSCR 1267, previously delivered to the Saudis December 23 [...]
2010-01-11 07:27:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETECON KTFN PREL PTER YM SA
10RIYADH66SAUDI LEADERS STUNG BY NEW TSA SCREENING RULES
[...] (SBU) Following news of TSA's January 3 designation of Saudi Arabia as a "country of interest," Saudi leaders from the General Civil Aviation Authority (GACA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Culture and Information we talked to all have expressed surprise and dismay that their co [...]
2010-01-11 15:23:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEAIR PREL ASEC ECON SA
10RIYADH67Saudi Public Reaction to New TSA Initiatives
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Saudi public and media reaction to the new TSA requirements has been overwhelmingly negative, with the tenor of commentary ranging from rhetorical assertions that the Kingdom is being punished for its "position against Israel" to practical concerns by workaday Saudis of the heal [...]
2010-01-11 16:04:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL SA
10RIYADH69HUMAN RIGHTS NGO SENDS OPEN LETTER TO SAUDI KING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 28, 2009 the unlicensed Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) appealed to King Abdullah in an open letter to order the release from prison of 73-year old, well-known Human Rights activist, Suliman Al-Reshoudi. The letter claimed that Al-Reshoudi, a former j [...]
2010-01-12 14:43:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL PGOV KDEM OPDC SA
10RIYADH75FIRST EVER COPYRIGHT CASE REFERRED FOR DETERRENT
[...] (SBU) On January 5, Minister of Culture and Information Khoja referred the first-ever copyright violation case to the Board of Grievances (BOG),Saudi Arabia's tribunal for commercial dispute resolution. The Ministry's Violations Review Committee (VRC) recommended the Board fine the repeat of [...]
2010-01-13 13:50:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
10RIYADH76SAUDI ARABIA'S 2009 BUDGET PERFORMANCE AND 2010 FORECAST
[...] (U) Summary: The SAG announced its largest budget ever on December 21. It projects spending for 2010 will be $144 billion, up 14 percent from 2009; and estimates revenues will be $125.3 billion compared to 2009's actual revenues of $135 billion, projecting a deficit of $18.6 billion. As with [...]
2010-01-13 14:02:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV SA
10RIYADH78DEFENSE MINISTER DECLARES SOUTHERN BORDER CLEARED
[...] (C) News of Houthi fighting has continued to take a back seat to other matters in the Saudi media in recent days. However, Prince Khalid bin Sultan's visit to the troops on January 12 produced several front page articles in local papers that repeated reassuring news that the Saudi military has [...]
2010-01-13 15:08:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS YM SA
10RIYADH79AFCENT COMMANDER DISCUSSES AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In January 5 meetings with Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces (RSADF) Commander LTG Abdulaziz Mohamed Al-Hussein and Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF) Commander VADM Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Saud, U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage broached CENTCOM [...]
2010-01-13 16:04:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMASS MOPS PREL SA
10RIYADH8MOI TO SPECIAL ADVISOR TO SRAP: TALIBAN
[...] (C) During a meeting on December 15, Dr. Barnett Rubin, Special Advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, briefed Major General Dr. Saad al-Jabri, Special Advisor to the Assistant Minister of the Interior for Security Affairs, on the current U.S. thinking about Afghan [...]
2010-01-04 09:59:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA PK AF
10RIYADH80 RSAF LTG FAISAL COMPLAINS TO AFCENT COMMANDER
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 6 meeting with U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage, Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Commander Prince (Lt Gen) Abd-al-Rahman bin Fahd Al-Faisal Al-Saud laid out an extensive laundry list of releasability problems the RSAF was enduring in trying [...]
2010-01-13 16:28:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMASS MOPS PREL SA
10RIYADH83IEF SYG ON JAN 10 ENERGY EXPERT GROUP MEETING IN PARIS AND
[...] (SBU) On the margins of a January 12 presentation of the IEA World Energy Outlook at the International Energy Forum (IEF) Secretariat headquarters, Secretary General Noe van Hulst discussed the IEF High Level Steering Group (HLSG) meeting in Paris he attended January 10. The HLSG met to review [...]
2010-01-17 13:41:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG PREL IEA IEF SA
10RIYADH88SAUDI ARABIA: GENERAL JONES' JANUARY 12, 2010
[...] (S/NF) General Jones' meeting with Crown Prince Sultan was the first working meeting that the Crown Prince has had with an American official since his return on December 11, 2009 after a year's absence for treatment of colon cancer. During the 30 minute meeting, the Crown Prince on several occ [...]
2010-01-19 08:13:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNIR MARR MASS MOPS SA YM
10RIYADH90SAUDI ARABIA: GENERAL JONES’ JANUARY 12, 2010
[...] (S) Summary: During a 30-minute meeting with Prince Mohammed, General Jones reviewed U.S. and Saudi efforts to combat Al-Qaida extremists in the region and discussed Afghanistan/Pakistan, Yemen, and Iran. Prince Mohammed highlighted Saudi Arabia's continued and growing concerns about Al-Qaida opera [...]
2010-01-19 09:17:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNIR MARR MASS MOPS SA YM
10RIYADH91MEDICALLY ILL YEMENI IDPS ALLOWED TO CROSS SAUDI
[...] (C) UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Dr. Hamdi Bukhari told Poloff on January 13 that Yemeni internally displaced persons (IDPs) in need of immediate medical treatment are being allowed to cross the Saudi border. According to Bukhari, the Saudi government has set up mobile medical teams a [...]
2010-01-19 10:48:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF SA YM
10RIYADH93SAUDI-IRANIAN TENSIONS EVIDENT IN
[...] (C) Following a relatively quiet Hajj season, Saudi-Iranian tensions are once again on display. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saudi FM Saud Al-Faisal traded barbs, with Ahmadinejad criticizing the SAG's role in the Houthi conflict and FM Saud countering that Iran was the one inter [...]
2010-01-19 12:07:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IR SA
10RIYADH96SAUDI BUDGET CONTINUES TO BE TRANSPARENT
[...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to provide input into this year's review of budget transparency. The government publishes both its income and its expenditures each year, as well as information about the economy (e.g., inflation, growth, GDP, etc.). In addition, the central bank, the n [...]
2010-01-20 13:46:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV SA
10RIYADH97SAUDI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY OUTLINES AMBITIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) has achieved remarkable results over the last five years in making Saudi Arabia a more attractive destination for foreign investment, more than doubling total investment to $38 billion in 2008. SAGIA is trying to focus the co [...]
2010-01-21 11:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON ETRD ENRG TBIO PREL SA
10ROME75ITALY AGREES TO CO-SPONSOR UPCOMING UNSCR 1267
[...] (C) Summary. After a careful review, the GOI has agreed to co-sponsor the UNSCR 1267 listing request of Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula and of its leaders, Nasir Al-Wahishi and Said Al-Shihri (reftel). End summary. 2. (C) An official in the counter terrorism section of the Italian Minist [...]
2010-01-20 15:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT KTFN PINR PREL PTER SA YM
10SANAA107ROYG REQUESTS U.S. FUNDING FOR TOP TEN ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph eight. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Seeking to jumpstart a moribund economic-reform effort announced in August 2009, presidential son Ahmed Ali Saleh has brought in the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey and Company to help implement three of the Top T [...]
2010-01-20 14:45:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ENRG PREL PGOV UK FR GM AE SA YM
10SANAA168REBELS ANNOUNCE CEASEFIRE WITH SAUDI... IS A YEMEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an audio message on January 25, rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi announced a unilateral ceasefire with Saudi Arabia and the withdrawal of Houthi rebels from Saudi territory, just two weeks after Saudi Arabia announced victory against the Houthis and - according to the Saudi s [...]
2010-01-26 13:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS YM SA
10SANAA203HOUTHIS OFFER YEMEN (CONDITIONAL) CEASEFIRE, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his second major audio message in less than a week, rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi conditionally accepted the ROYG's five ceasefire conditions, provided that the Yemeni army ceases military operations in Sa'ada. Official media sources reported that the ROYG quickly rejecte [...]
2010-02-02 06:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PREF MOPS YM SA
10SANAA275YEMEN: SUDDEN QUIET IN SA'ADA AS ROYG AND REBELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Saleh and rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi agreed to suspend hostilities and began to implement a ceasefire agreement at midnight on February 12. After weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations, it appears that the reconciliation and reconstruction process has begun to [...]
2010-02-12 11:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM SA
10SANAA385USDA SUPPORT SOUGHT FOR ADEN HOSPITAL FUNDING
[...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph two. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests that USDA confirm its readiness to allocate USD 3.6 million in existing USDA food aid to Yemen to fund a complete renovation of the Aden Hospital (locally referred to as al-Gomhory Hospital). 3. (C) Th [...]
2010-02-24 07:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR SOCI PREL PGOV SA YM
10SANAA4GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SALEH ON SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Commander of the U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus congratulated President Saleh on recent successful operations against AQAP, and informed him that U.S. security assistance to the ROYG would increase to USD 150 million in 2010, including USD 45 million to equip and train [...]
2010-01-04 13:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS MOPS MASS MCAP SA
10SEOUL3ROKG AGREES TO CO-SPONSOR UNSCR 1267
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 05:09:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALKTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN KN KS
10STATE1187ENGAGING ON NEW AIR PASSENGER SCREENING RULES
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 3. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (C) The attempted Christmas day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight resulted in a presidential review and new Transportation Security Administration TSA) screening requirem [...]
2010-01-06 21:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEAIR PTER ASEC ECON AF AG CU IR IZ LE LY NI PK SA
10STATE15561COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 7 and 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During the January 2010 Department of State-led delegation to the Gulf region, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) provided information on the potential for cooperation with [...]
2010-02-20 01:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP ENRG TRGY MU BA KU SA
10STATE2607INSTRUCTION FOR USUN TO REQUEST UN 1267 LISTING
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. SUMMARY: The U.S. prenotified (ref A) its intention to request on December 18, 2009, that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the names of Yemen-based al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and two of its leaders, Nasir al-Wah [...]
2010-01-12 00:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KN KS KTFN PREL PTER SA YM UNSC
10STATE4712INVITATION TO DOE/NNSA EVENT ENTITLED "REGIONAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and the United States Department of State are sponsoring a Regional Energy Planning and Nonproliferation Workshop in Muscat, Om [...]
2010-01-15 23:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP ENRG TRGY MU SA BA KU TC JO QA MO AG TS
10STATE6241BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050209916 and 050209922 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled C-130 [...]
2010-01-21 21:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC TC SA
10TELAVIV98ISRAELI-SAUDI TRACK TWO DISCUSSION
[...] (C) Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) Director General Yair Hirschfeld briefed A/DCM and EconCouns January 14 on the latest session of a track-two working group on Middle East peace that includes participants from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Authority, as well as Hi [...]
2010-01-15 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL SA IR KWBG IS
10TOKYO200JAPAN TO DESIGNATE AQAP ENTITIES - RESPONSE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 22:43:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KTFN PINR PTER YM SA JA
10VATICAN15CARDINAL SAYS SAUDI ARABIA SHOULD PERMIT CHURCHES, DECRIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican's interfaith Czar, Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, renewed his call for all societies to recognize freedom of religion in a recent press interview. Tauran also asked for concrete measures that move interfaith relations from mere tolerance to harmonious coexistence of p [...]
2010-01-22 14:34:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF SA IS TU VT
85RIYADH4906THE ROLE OF SAUDI PRINCES IN UNIFORM
[...] (S - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY. THE PRESENCE OF A NUMBER OF SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE MILITARY--WE CAN IDENTIFY MORE THAN 25 AND THERE ARE CLEARLY OTHERS--HAS LONG BEEN A SUBJECT OF INTEREST. ALSO THE FOCUS OF CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN THE ROYAL FAMILY'S WELL CALCULATED EF [...]
1985-05-27 08:59:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKPRP MCAP MASS SA
85RIYADH5400 SAUD IN TUNIS: SUPPORT FOR ARAFAT
[...] (U) IN JUNE 10 "ASHARQ AL-AWSAT" INTERVIEW IN TUNIS, FON MIN SAUD AL-FAISAL TALKED ABOUT THE ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON LEBANON. REFERRING TO KING FAHD'S PREVIOUS EXPRESSION OF DISGUST AND DISMAY AT EVENTS AT THE PALESTINIAN CAMPS IN LEBANON, HE SAID HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO [...]
1985-06-11 13:04:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL SA SY LE PLO
85RIYADH5470 SAUDI POLICY TOWARD IRAN
[...] S - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: EVENTS AND PASSAGE OF TIME HAVE COM- BINED TO MITIGATE SAUDI FEARS AND HOPES REGARDING IRAN. MORE CONFIDENT NOW THAT IRAQ WILL NOT BE DEFEATED, THAT THERE IS LESS DANGER OF A DIRECT IRANIAN ATTACK ON SAUDI ARABIA, THAT THE LIKELI- HOOD OF EFFECTIVE IRANIAN-I [...]
1985-06-12 14:31:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKPRP PREL MOPS ENRG IR SA
87RIYADH10227OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY OF CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOLLOWING IS AN OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY SENT TO THE EMBASSY FROM CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH'S OFFICE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO ASSIST IN PLANNING FOR ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON. WHILE THE BIOGRAPHY CONTAINS NOTHING SURPRISING, IT IS NOTEWORTHY FOR ITS EMPHASIS ON [...]
1987-10-08 10:23:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SA
87RIYADH8409 WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN RIYADH AND TEHRAN
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. SUMMARY: THE WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN TEHRAN AND RIYADH CONTINUES AT A HIGH PITCH. FOR THE IRANIANS, THE SAUDIS ARE SERVANTS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR "WORLD ARROGANCE" OR THE "GREAT SATAN" (I.E. THE U.S.) WHO HAVE PERPETRATED A "DIRTY, UGLY, ODIOUS AND MONSTROUS ACT" IN MEC [...]
1987-08-26 12:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL SA IR
87STATE154739 U.S. PLANS ARMS SALE TO SAUDIS
[...] TEXT OF MAY 16 WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE "U.S. PLANS ARMS SALE TO SAUDIS, WHITE HOUSE TO NOTIFY CONGRESS OF $500 MILLION DEAL" BY BARRY SCHWEID OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOLLOWS. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 3. IN A MOVE CERTAIN TO TOUCH OFF HEATED DEBATE, THE WHITE HOUSE WILL NOTIFY CONGRESS NEXT WEE [...]
1987-05-21 05:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMASS SA US
88RIYADH12430 SAUDI ARABIA: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN SUBMISSION TO THE 1988 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, KEYED TO REFTEL. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL POSTS-- - A. RESULTS OF 1988 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC TERRORISM: - FOLLOWING [...]
1988-12-08 09:15:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPTER SA
89RIYADH9763SAUDI ARABIA: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF SAUDI ARABIAN SUBMISSION TO THE 1989 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, KEYED TO REFTEL. DRAFT VERSION OF CLASSIFIED ANNEX IS BEING SENT SEPTEL. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL POSTS -- - A. RESULTS OF 1989 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING [...]
1989-12-06 14:05:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KPRP SA
89RIYADH9764 SAUDI ARABIA: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT,
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF CLASSIFIED ANNEX OF SAUDI ARABIAN SUBMISSION TO THE 1989 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TERRORISM, WHICH SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUCTION WITH THE UNCLASSIFIED DRAFT (SEPTEL). 3. IN ADDITION TO INTENSIFIED INTERNAL SECURITY FOLLOWING THE [...]
1989-12-06 14:09:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPTER KPRP SA
90JEDDAH2807KUWAITI SAUDI RELATIONS - A KUWAITI PERSPECTIVE
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY - ------- GIVEN THE VAST DIMENSIONS OF THE GULF CRISIS AND THE INTENSE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF SAUDI ARABIA AND KUWAIT AT THE PRESENT TIME, FRICTION OR DISAGREEMENTS ARE AMAZINGLY FEW AND GENERALLY OF A MARGINAL NATURE - AT LEAST FROM THE KUWAITI PERS [...]
1990-11-22 19:56:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPREL KU SA
90KHARTOUM12303 DEMARCHE TO GOS REGARDING INTELLIGENCE
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR PRESENTED REF A DEMARCHE TO FOREIGN MINISTER SAHLOUL MORNING NOVEMBER 26. FOREIGN MINISTER GRAVELY ACKNOWLEDGED SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR GOS AVOWED POSITION OF NEUTRALITY IN GULF CONFLICT AND ITS RELATIONS WITH USG AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF ANY S [...]
1990-11-26 12:39:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PINR MOPS MARR SU IZ SA US
90MOGADISHU10380MOGADISHU MONTHLY BIOGRAPHIC WRAP-UP
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. MRS. ASHA HASSAN ABADA. MEMBER, OFFICE OF ASIA AND SOCIALIST COUNTRIES, SOMALIA MFA. OGADENI CLAN. HUSBAND IS COMMANDER OF THE SOMALIA MILITIA. SISTER IS MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN AND LIVES IN EULESS, TEXAS. 3. ABDALLA T. YUSUF-KHALID ("MR KHALID"). BORN [...]
1990-11-29 13:54:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL SO ET YE EG SU SA
90RIYADH10007 SAUDI ARABIA: 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF SAUDI ARABIAN COMPONENT OF THE 1990 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, KEYED TO REFTEL. 2. A) DESCRIBE ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: - THERE WERE NO GOVERN [...]
1990-11-14 10:02:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KPRP SA
90RIYADH5215 BACKGROUND ON SAUDI VISITOR TARIQ BIN LADEN AND
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. POST THANKS MOSCOW FOR ITS INTERESTING REPORT (REFTEL). TO PROVIDE A CONTEXT FOR THE "IZVESTIYA" INTERVIEW WITH TARIQ BIN LADEN AND ITS IMPACT ON SAUDI SOVIET TIES, POST PROVIDES FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON TARIQ AND THE BIN LADEN BUSINESS COMPANIES IN GENERA [...]
1990-06-28 08:25:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL UR SA ECON
90RIYADH6017 IRAQ/KUWAIT MEETING IN JEDDAH
[...] SUMMARY. LOCAL PRESS REPORT THE BEGINNING OF TALKS BETWEEN IRAQ AND KUWAIT IN JEDDAH ON JULY 31. AS ANTICIPATED, CROWN PRINCE ABDALLAH RECEIVED IRAQI VICE CHAIRMAN IBRAHIM AND THE KUWAITI CROWN PRINCE. KING FAHD RECEIVED THE TWO DELEGATION HEADS AND GAVE A DINNER IN HONOR OF THE TWO DELEGA [...]
1990-08-01 11:43:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IZ KU SA
90RIYADH6309 TKFU01: POSSIBLE U.S.-SAUDI AGREEMENT ON U.S.
[...] (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. WHILE AMBASSADOR WAS IN THE AIR BETWEEN JEDDAH TO RIYADH, A VERY TIRED AND ANGRILY IMPATIENT FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL TELEPHONED DCM DUNFORD TO ASK WHERE THE WASHINGTON RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST FOR AN URGENT AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTRODUCTION OF U.S. F [...]
1990-08-09 11:11:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMARR MOPS PREL SA US
90RIYADH6329 FAHD OUT OF THE CLOSET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A NATIONWIDE SPEECH AT 1400 LOCAL TIME TODAY (1100 GMT, AUGUST 9) KING FAHD PUT SAUDI ARABIA FOUR SQUARE ON THE SIDE OF THOSE COUNTRIES CONDEMNING THE IRAQI INVASION AND CALLING FOR IRAQ TO WITHDRAW FROM KUWAIT IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY. FAHD ALSO PUBLICLY THANKED THE "U [...]
1990-08-09 18:04:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SA US
91CAIRO5521MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] IN A STATEMENT ISSUED ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 26, EGYPTIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPREME GUIDE HAMED ABU AL-NASR ISSUED A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF HIS ORGANIZATION DENOUNCING THE "MALICIOUS PLOT" THAT HAS PRODUCED THE INVASION OF KUWAIT, THE DESTRUCTION OF IRAQ'S CAPABILITIES, AND THE POSSIBLE FRA [...]
1991-03-28 08:57:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PINS PGOV PREL SA KU EG
91JEDDAH1892JEDDAH'S MERCHANT ELITE: THE ALIREZAS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE ALIREZAS ARE JEDDAH'S FIRST FAMILY AND AMONG THE MERCHANT ELITE THEY ARE CLEARLY PRIMA INTRA PARAS. AT PUBLIC RECEPTIONS SENIOR ALIREZAS ARE DEFERRED TO BY ALL BUT THE AL-SAUD. WHILE PROBABLY NOT THE OLDEST OR RICHEST FAMILY IN [...]
1991-08-28 11:26:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EFIN ECON SA
91RIYADH10006 PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL CRITICIZES IRAN
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. DURING A NOVEMBER 21 MEETING ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS (SEPTELS, NOTAL),THE AMBASSADOR SPARKED A DIATRIBE ON IRAN FROM SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL BY ASKING WHAT HE THOUGHT IRAN WAS UP TO IN THE OIC. PRINCE SAUD REPLIED THAT IRAN HAD INDEED [...]
1991-11-24 08:22:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL OIC GCC IR SA
91RIYADH1809 OVERVIEW OF SAUDI ARABIA'S JIHAD CONVENTION
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY: THE UNPRECEDENTED CONVENTION ON THE CONCEPT OF JIHAD AND ITS RELATION TO THE GULF CRISIS ENDED IN RIYADH FEBRUARY 20 AFTER THREE DAYS OF DISCUSSION BY PERHAPS THE MOST DIVERSE GATHERING EVER OF SAUDI RELIGIOUS, GOVERNMENT, AND MEDIA PERSONALITIES [...]
1991-02-22 11:04:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PROP PREL IZ SA
91RIYADH1865 ISLAM AT THE JIHAD CONVENTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WHILE ISLAM WAS A CENTRAL SUBJECT AT LAST WEEK'S JIHAD CONVENTION IN RIYADH, DISCUSSIONS GENERALLY REPEATED THE SAME POINTS EMPHASIZED BY SAUDI RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES SINCE LAST AUGUST. THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT, AND ESPECIALLY THE BAATH PARTY, WERE ROUNDLY CONDEMNED BY ALL SPEAKERS, [...]
1991-02-24 10:31:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PROP PREL IZ SA
91RIYADH3320 THE SAUDI PRESS: PROFILES OF INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. THIS CABLE GIVES BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF SAUDI DAILY NEWSPAPERS, THEIR INDIVIDUAL ORIGINS, SPECIAL SLANTS, AND ESTIMATED CIRCULATION FIGURES. (ONLY "AL-HAYAT," A SAUDI-CONTROLLED DAILY PUBLISHED IN LONDON IS NOT INCLUDED). REF A DESCRIBED THE STRUCT [...]
1991-04-06 05:50:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PROP PGOV SA
91RIYADH7560 PARTING BIO NOTES
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE BIO ODDS AND ENDS IMPARTED BY EMBOFFS TO INR/B TDYER DURING HIS JULY 7 TO SEPTEMBER 4 STAY IN THE KINGDOM. THEY ARE PASSED ON TO INTERESTED WASHINGTON ANALYSTS FOR THEIR USE. 3. IN AN EARLY JULY 1991 MEETING BETWEEN KING FAHD AND VI [...]
1991-08-31 13:42:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPINR SA
93JEDDAH1305THE KINGDOM'S LEADING "RELIGIOUS REFORMERS"
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE AWAKENING, OR "AS-SAHWAH" AS IT IS KNOWN IN ARABIC, IS THE GENERAL TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS TREND WHICH GAINED STRENGTH IN SAUDI ARABIA FOLLOWING OPERATION DESERT STORM. IT HAS REMAINED A LOOSELY STRUCTURED MOVEMENT WITHOUT FORMAL [...]
1993-06-27 07:26:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR SA
93RIYADH593MY BROTHER'S A MUJAHID, CONFESSES A SAUDI BANKER
[...] No summary [...]
1993-01-23 15:22:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPINR SOCI PGOV SA
94RIYADH2051 THE SAUDI MAJLIS ASH-SHURA: NO PROBLEMS,
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: MAJLIS ASH-SHURA PRESIDENT MOHAMMED BIN JUBAIR REVIEWED IN GENERAL TERMS THE WORK OF THE MAJLIS ASH-SHURA, ASSERTING THAT IT WAS PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY AND SATISFACTORILY. HE SAID, WITHOUT ELABORATION, THAT THE MAJLIS ASH-SHURA HAS NOT YET ESTABLISH [...]
1994-04-16 12:18:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL SA
94RIYADH989 BIN LADIN FAMILY PUBLICLY WASHES HANDS OF USAMA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. IN A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE IN THE FEBRUARY 19 ARABIC LANGUAGE DAILY, AL-RIYADH, BAKR BIN LADIN, HEAD OF A LARGE AND WEALTHY JEDDAH-BASED BUSINESS FAMILY, PUBLICLY SOUGHT TO DISTANCE HIMSELF AND HIS CLAN FROM THE FAMILY BLACK SHEEP AND INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC ACTI [...]
1994-02-20 13:19:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER SA
95RIYADH3041 FM SAUD AL-FAISAL: RELATIONS WITH JORDAN
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. IN JULY 4 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR, FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL CHARACTERIZED SAUDI-JORDANIAN RELATIONS AS HAVING IMPROVED SOMEWHAT, "THEY ARE MOVING ALONG," AND "I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE." HE CONFIRMED THAT THE SAUDIS INTEND TO SEND AN AMBASSADOR TO AMMAN [...]
1995-07-05 07:46:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL SA JO
95RIYADH4074 SAUDI CLERICS URGE OBEDIENCE TO KING, TAKE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RIYADH'S LEADING IMAM, TOGETHER WITH A SHAYKH FORMERLY RENOWNED FOR PUBLICLY OPPOSING AL SAUD POLICIES, RECENTLY ADVOCATED OBEDIENCE TO KING FAHD AND UNITY WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. THE OCCASION, A MOSQUE SEMINAR WHICH WAS UNCHARACTERISTICALLY COVERED BY A SAUDI NEWSPAPER, [...]
1995-09-12 11:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL SA
95RIYADH5221 SAUDI ARABIA: WHAT IF THE KING REMAINS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF - 1.5 B,D. 2. (C) THE CURRENT MEDICAL PROGNOSIS FOR KING FAHD, ALBEIT INCOMPLETE AND TENTATIVE, SUGGESTS THE POSSIBILITY OF MEDIUM-TERM OR EVEN PROLONGED RECOVERY FROM WHAT IS DESCRIBED DEFINITIVELY BY OUR MEDICAL SOURCES AS [...]
1995-11-30 13:12:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SA
95RIYADH5285 SAUDI ARABIA: A "FATIGUED" KING FAHD STILL OUT
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF - 1.5 B,D. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) ACCORDING TO PRINCE BANDAR BIN SULTAN, KING FAHD IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A COMPLETE RECOVERY FROM THE MILD STROKE HE SUFFERED NOVEMBER 30. HOSPITAL SOURCES REPORT THE KING IS ANTICIPATED TO CHECK OUT FROM THE H [...]
1995-12-04 15:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GCC SA
95RIYADH5382 SAUDI ARABIA: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING ARE KEYED TO POINTS IN REFTEL. A. (U) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE NOVEMBER 13 BOMBING OF THE RIYADH HEADQUARTERS OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, SAUDI ARABIAN NATIONAL GUARD (OPM/SANG),WHICH KILLED SEVEN PERSONS, INCLUDING FIVE AMERICANS, AND INJURED MORE THAN FORTY O [...]
1995-12-11 10:44:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
95RIYADH5405 SAUDI ARABIA: REGARDLESS OF AGE SENIORITY,
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5B. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) THE BODY OF EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATES THAT CONTRARY TO SOME PUBLISHED REPORTS, PRINCE MISH'AL (AS WELL AS THE DECEASED PRINCE ABD AL-MUHSIN) WAS BORN BEFORE MINDEF SULTAN. HOWEVER, MISH'AL'S SENIORITY IN AGE DOES N [...]
1995-12-12 13:26:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPINR PGOV SA
95RIYADH5472 CDLR FEELS VINDICATED BY OPM/SANG BOMBING,
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE H. KATTOUF, REASON 1.5(B). 2. (U) SUMMARY: ANALYSIS OF THE BULLETINS AND COMMUNIQUES ISSUED BY THE THE COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF LEGITIMATE RIGHTS (CDLR) DURING THE PAST FOUR WEEKS REVEALS TWO MAIN THEMES OF NOTE. FIRST, THE CDLR CITES THE CAR BOMBING AT T [...]
1995-12-17 13:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL PINS PINR SA
95RIYADH712 IRAN: MEETING WITH SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY. IN A JANUARY 26 MEETING, SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL TOLD NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY PELLETREAU THAT IRAN HAD BEEN PRESSURING THE SAG FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS, BUT THE SAG HAD SEEN NO INDICATION THAT IMPROVING RELATIONS WOULD PRODUCE A ST [...]
1995-02-08 09:33:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL IR SA BA RU
96ISLAMABAD5972 PAKISTAN, ISLAMIC TERROR AND HUA
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY THOMAS W. SIMONS, JR., AMBASSADOR. REASON: 1.5 (B),(C) AND (D). 2. (S) DURING THE COURSE OF FRANK WISNER'S AND MY LUNCHEON WITH THE PRIME MINISTER ON JULY 12, SHE NOTED THAT SHE WAS PICKING UP DISTURBING INTELLIGENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF RELIGIOUS MADRASSAS AND OTHER INSTITU [...]
1996-07-14 12:48:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER PINR PK IZ LY SA IR
96JEDDAH948USAMA BIN LADEN AS SEEN BY HIS BR0THER
[...] No summary [...]
1996-09-24 08:12:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR SA
96RIYADH1338 SAUDI ARABIA: THE CROWN PRINCE'S VIEWS ON
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5 B,D. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A SELF-CONFIDENT CROWN PRINCE, OBVIOUSLY AT HOME WITH HIS EXPANDED AUTHORITY, SEPARATELY LECTURED FORMER U.S. AMBASSADORS TO SAUDI ARABIA, A/S RICHARD MURPHY AND CHAS FREEMAN, ON THE UNFAIR FINANCIAL BUR [...]
1996-04-10 07:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR SA
96RIYADH2406 CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH THE DIPLOMAT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA THEODORE KATTOUF, REASON 1.5.D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: GIVEN KING FAHD'S UNCERTAIN HEALTH, CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH APPEARS TO HAVE MOVED INTO THE ROLE OF REPRESENTING SAUDI ARABIA'S FACE TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. WHILE DRAMATIC CHANGES ARE NOT THE HALLMARK OF SAUDI GOVERNANCE, [...]
1996-06-19 16:01:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SA
96RIYADH2696 THE SAUDI KING: FIT TO REIGN, NOT TO RULE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5 B, D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE KING'S RECENT MEDICAL AND POLITICAL COMEBACK, EVIDENCED IN HIS SUSTAINED CHAIRING OF THE WEEKLY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SESSIONS AND HIS SUBSTANTIVE ENGAGEMENTS WITH HIGH-LEVEL VISITORS, IS PROOF OF FAHD' [...]
1996-07-11 13:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
96RIYADH4784 SAUDI ROYAL WEALTH: WHERE DO THEY GET ALL THAT MONEY?
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING DCM ALBERT THIBAULT. REASON: 1.5 (B). THIS MESSAGE FULFILLS A POST REPORTING PLAN REQUIREMENT. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (C) SAUDI PRINCES AND PRINCESSES, OF WHOM THERE ARE THOUSANDS, ARE KNOWN FOR THE STO [...]
1996-11-30 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEFIN ECON PGOV PINR SOCI SA
96RIYADH763 SAUDI ARABIA: CROWN PRINCE'S FAMILY ALLIES
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE KATTOUF: 1.5 B. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) SPECULATION THAT THE CROWN PRINCE ANGRILY DEPARTED FOR HAFR AL-BATIN FOLLOWING KING FAHD'S RESUMPTION OF FULL GOVERNING POWERS ON FEBRUARY 21 IS DISMISSED BY SOURCES WITHIN THE SAUDI ARABIA NATIONAL GUARD [...]
1996-03-04 07:11:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SA
96STATE183372AFGHANISTAN: WHEREABOUTS OF EXTREMIST SUPPORTER OSAMA BIN LADEN
[...] No summary [...]
1996-09-04 23:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SA AF
96STATE214855AFGHANISTAN: ENGAGING THE SAUDIS ON THE TALIBAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBIN L. RAPHEL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS, DOS. REASON: 1.5(D). 2. (C) GID DIRECTOR PRINCE TURKI RECENTLY HELD MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE NSC AND CIA AT WHICH HE DISCUSSED, AMONG OTHER SUBJECTS, THE TALIBAN PHENOMENON, AND EXCHANGED [...]
1996-10-13 01:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA AF RS
97ISLAMABAD2488 AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN OFFICIAL CONFIRMS THAT MULLAH OMAR
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY TOM PRICE, POLITICAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: MARCH 27 PAKISTANI PRESS REPORTS STATE THAT MULLAH OMAR MET WITH FUGITIVE SAUDI FINANCIER BIN LADEN IN KANDAHAR ON MARCH 25 AND TOLD HIM NOT TO USE "AFGHAN TERRITORY FOR ANTI- SAUDI GOVERNMENT ACTIVIT [...]
1997-03-27 11:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KISL PREL AF PK SA
97RIYADH4701 SAUDI ARABIA: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS SET FORTH IN REFTEL. A. DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1997, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION RELAT [...]
1997-12-10 12:12:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
97STATE133614MEETING WITH BIN LADEN GROUP AMERICAN BUSINESS
[...] CLASSIFIED BY NEA/ENA DIRECTOR, RICHARD L. JACKSON. REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: TECHMASTER ENGINEERING, INC. (TEL),A US- AFFILIATE OF A HOLDING COMPANY OF THE BIN LADEN GROUP HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS UNDER FMF-FUNDED CONTRACTS FOR THE EGYP [...]
1997-07-17 01:00:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD MASS PTER EG SA
97STATE83213AFGHANISTAN: SAUDI POLCOUNS SAYS THEY STILL
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ROBIN L. RAPHEL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. REASON 1.5(D). 2. (C) DURING THE COURSE OF A 4/29 TELCON, SAUDI POLITICAL COUNSELOR RAHAB MASSOUD AFFIRMED TO SA A/S RAPHEL THAT THE SAG'S FIRST PRIORITY IS TO GET THE TALIBAN T [...]
1997-05-05 17:38:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SA AF
98JEDDAH1247JEDDAH OBSERVERS ON THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL STEPHEN W. BUCK, REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING RECENT VISIT BY RIYADH POLCOUNS, JEDDAH POLITICAL SCIENTISTS AND JOURNALISTS VIGOROUSLY DISCUSSED ROYAL JOCKEYING FOR POWER AND THE CROWN PRINCE'S ROLE AND PROSPECTS. LIKE SO MANY SAUDIS, MOST SEE [...]
1998-12-09 07:17:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPGOV PINS ECON PHUM SOCI PREL SA
98JERUSALEM2378ALLEGED OSAMA BIN LADEN CONNECTION TO PALESTINIAN BANK
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ACTING PRINCIPAL OFFICER JERRY FEIERSTEIN, REASON 1.6X1. 2. (S) OSAMA BIN LADEN HAS CLOSE CONNECTIONS TO, AND POSSIBLY AN OWNERSHIP SHARE OF, AL-AQSA ISLAMIC BANK, A NEW BANK GIVEN PRELIMINARY APPROVAL BY THE PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY (PMA) TO OPERATE IN PALESTINIAN [...]
1998-08-25 15:14:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPTER EFIN KWBG KPAL JO SA
98RIYADH3482 SAUDI ARABIA: USAMA BIN LADIN (C-NA8-00989)
[...] (S) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON EX-SAUDI TERRORIST USAMA BIN LADIN, WHICH INCLUDES INPUT FROM CONSULATES DHAHRAN AND JEDDAH, IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF A. A. (S) ISLAMIC LEADERS ADMIRED BY BIN LADIN: BIN LADIN WAS RAISED IN A CONSERVATIVE WAHHABI MUSLIM FAMILY. AS A YOUNG MAN [...]
1998-10-13 08:37:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKPRP PTER PGOV PINR SA
98RIYADH4048 SAUDI ARABIA: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS SET FORTH IN REFTEL. A. DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1998, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION RELAT [...]
1998-12-02 14:22:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
98RIYADH879 SAUDI ARABIA: BEDOUIN LORE ON CROWN PRINCE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION THEODORE KATTOUF. REASON: 1.5 (B). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO MEMBERS OF THE ANAYZA TRIBE, CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH'S PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF POWER LIES IN THE SHAMMAR AND ANAYZA TRIBES. HE HAS MARRIED INTO BOTH TRIBES, DRAWS ON THEM FOR THE MAJORITY [...]
1998-03-14 15:26:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SA
98STATE34310USAMA BIN LADEN'S STATEMENT ABOUT JIHAD AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
1998-02-26 04:01:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL AF SA
98STATE55357APPROACH TO EU ON TALEBAN SUPPORT FOR USAMA BIN
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE - SEE PARA 2. 2. (S/RELEASABLE TO THE EU) THE U.S. IS CONCERNED BY THE SO-CALLED FATWA RECENTLY ISSUED BY TERRORIST PATRON USAMA BIN LADEN THAT CALLS ON ALL MUSLIMS TO KILL AMERICANS. WE HAVE RAISED THIS ISSUE WITH THE TALEBAN BOTH IN KABUL AND IN NEW YORK. [...]
1998-03-27 21:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER PREL AF SA
99RIYADH2025"PRETTY IN PINK" - FAIZAH RAFSANJANI
[...] (U) FAIZAH RAFSANJANI, DAUGHTER OF FORMER IRANIAN PRESIDENT HASHEMI RAFSANJANI, VISITED SAUDI ARABIA JUNE 13-14 IN HER OFFICIAL ROLE AS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF IRAN'S NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND CALLED FOR COOPERATION AMONG SAUDI AND IRANIAN WOMEN IN VARIOUS FIELDS. SHE PAID A FORMAL CALL ON F [...]
1999-06-23 14:36:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL SOCI IR SA
99RIYADH3810SAUDI ARABIA: 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING RESTATES AND RESPONDS TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS SET FORTH IN REFTEL. A. DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING 1999, INCLUDING ANY HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS RELA [...]
1999-12-05 14:20:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SA
99RIYADH4064 A SAUDI RAMADAN FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
[...] SUMMARY. RAMADAN IN SAUDI ARABIA THIS YEAR HAS TAKEN ON A CHARACTER QUITE DIFFERENT FROM RAMADANS PAST. SAUDI RAMADAN IS TRADITIONALLY CHARACTERIZED BY DAYTIME INACTIVITY AND NIGHTTIME ENERGY, WITH SAUDIS PASSING SOMNAMBULANT DAYS AT WORK FOLLOWING NIGHT-LONG FLINGS OF EATING, SHOPPING AND [...]
1999-12-30 11:55:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI SA
99STATE51304LIBYA/PA103: QADHAFI LETTER
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (C) THE LETTER WHICH QADHAFI PROVIDED TO PRESIDENT MANDELA 3/19 APPEARS TO REPRESENT PROGRESS TOWARD LIBYAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1192. ACCORDINGLY, USUN SHOULD APPROACH THE SYG AT EARLIEST CONVENIENCE TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE IN PARA 3. APPROACH TO THE [...]
1999-03-20 04:50:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PTER ETTC SA LY
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